Emphasis Preaching Journal

Growing up on the prairies makes one aware of the importance of moisture. Folks would try to grow tree or shrub shelter belts around their yards. In years when rain was plentiful, the trees were green and lush. In dry years, the leaves were smaller and seemed always to have a yellow tinge to them, as if they were just days from dying. But those trees that grew next to the sloughs, they always grew. No matter how little rain there was, these trees had the benefit of the winter runoff. As the snow melted, the water ran to the sloughs, and these trees drank up the water and grew.