I sat down to read in my daily devotional, Streams in the Desert, and I couldn’t get past the last line: “The fruitful life seeks rain as well as sunshine.”

I had to read that again. Seeks rain?! As in, looks for it? Wants it? Puts itself in a position to be rained upon?

It makes sense, and of course I’ve heard adages about flowers and plants needing rain as well as sunshine, but seeking rain? That’s what got me.