When my husband and I were exploring a small rugged corner of the state of Wyoming I spied a sunflower in a rocky dry place where sagebrush nettles prickly cactus and other scraggly plants grew It wasn rsquo t as tall as the domestic sunflower but it was just as bright mdash and I felt cheered This unexpected bright spot in rough terrain reminded me of how life even for the Christian can seem barren and cheerless Troubles can seem insurmountable and like the cries of the psalmist David our prayers sometimes seem to go unheeded ldquo Hear me Lord [... more]