” 7 “Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
8 Though its roots have grown old in the earth
and its stump decays,
9 at the scent of water it will bud
and sprout again like a new seedling.

10 “But when people die, their strength is gone.
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
11 As water evaporates from a lake
and a river disappears in drought,
12 people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.

13 “I wish you would hide me in the grave[a]
and forget me there until your anger has passed.
But mark your calendar to think of me again!
14 Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.

15 You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork. ” (Job 14:7-15 NLT)

Maybe you feel like your spiritual life has been stunted; that you resemble a dry stump instead of a flourishing tree. If so, this promise is for you! There is so much hope! You can sprout again – and not just sprout, but grow where the shoots won’t cease! The water (God, and His living, powerful Word) is available – free – for you today. Even just the scent of Him can make you bud! Come to Him, with an open, surrendered heart, and watch Him grow something new in you…