The Scent of Water
Life Line - The Word and Blood of Jesus Christ, Do Not Let Go copyright © 2011 Debbie Turner Chavers A few days ago I was reading Job 14. Not my favorite book of the bible. Life was hard for Job. Chapter 14 starts as Job 14:1 Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble. Life can be hard and hard to deal with, as Job so aptly states. But God gave us His Word to find hope once again. Even in the midst of Job's stated misery, I related to the tree. Job 14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Job 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; As I continued to read, I was caught up in verse 9, Job 14:9 [Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. The scent of water. Hope is like the scent of water. The h...