The Grace To Grow In The Hard Times

God give me the the grace to grow where I am planted even if the ground is somewhat dry and the way seems hard. The best way to get to wherever it that you are going is to be found faithful and productive where you are, for that is what is necessary to be found growing in grace. It is amazing to me, how a desert in your life can become an oasis with everything you need when you begin to praise God in midst of the dry places for the rain. Now I don't know about you but I have the river of God flowing through me, so that I have everything that I need. That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God baring spiritual gifts [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition]. Colossians 1: 10