Some plants require a lot of water and others are more tolerant of dry conditions. The development of drought tolerant crops enabled the cultivation of otherwise arid regions. When it is difficult for you to hear from me do you say that you are going through a dry time? You depend on me for living water so what do you do when it seems unavailable? I sustain you in more ways than you know and am not distant even when it seems to you that I am. If you understand this then you will have drought tolerant faith. Your understanding that I am with you always will sustain you through to your next experience of my manifested presence. 

Do you divide the world between the sacred and the secular and consider all economic matters to be secular? Do you earn a living with a sense of destiny and deep purpose? Did you start life with a dream and did economic realities force you to settle for a job? Blessed are those who know who they are and why they are here and have fulfilling work aligned with their sense of purpose and destiny. Don’t be discouraged if this doesn’t describe you. It can. Even in the position you currently hold. Begin by looking at everything from a perspective of divine purpose. Then ask me to show you how you are fulfilling yours. 

My word says that unless you become converted and become as a little child you shall not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Does this sound like a serious challenge to you? Yet you already were a child, so what have you since lost that you need to recover to enter the Kingdom? Children have a natural sense of mystery and wonder. They have the ability to be totally absorbed in a way that multi-tasking adults do not. I illustrated the same point with Mary and Martha, who was careful and troubled about many things. Mary had chosen the one thing that was best, and it would not be taken from her. Open yourself to a childlike sense of absorption in the things I show you. 

Are you familiar with the concept of sacrifice? It is an element of every faith and even understood by secular society. It is giving enough that you feel it, and you understand it in a broader context than just money. Do you expect to get something in return for your sacrifice? This reflects a distorted understanding of the concept. If you buy something that takes all or most of your money, then you feel the monetary cost, but it is still considered an exchange or a transaction in which you get something in return. A sacrifice implies that you get nothing in return, though it may still be a good idea for a worthy cause. How sacrificial are you willing to be in these conditions?