Ned,
I have always enjoyed that passage.  It is almost parallel in thought to
Psalm 1:1-3 which also reminds us of a tree.  Hey, by the way, do you guys
remember Ken Medema's song, "The Tree Song,"  along these same lines?
Kathy

At 07:05 AM 5/20/2005, you wrote:
>Here is a passage from Jeremiah that I found particullary encouraging.  May
>it bless your day!
>
>Ned
>
>
>"Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength
>and whose
>heart turns away from the Lord.  He will be like a bush in the wastelands;
>he will
>not see prosperity when it comes. But blessed is the man who trusts in the
>Lord whose
>confidence is in Him.  He will be like a tree planted by the water that
>sends out
>its roots by the stream.  It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are
>always
>green.  It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear
>fruit" (Jeremiah
>17:5-8 NIV).