Earth Outside of Ghost Will Only Be Quicksand.

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

He is like a tree planted by water,

and sends out its roots by the stream,

and does not fear when heat comes,

for its leaves remain green,

and is not anxious in the year of drought,

for it does not cease to bear fruit."

-Jeremiah 17:7-8

I love the way that ESV has translated this verse.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

trust (n): confident expectation of something; hope. reliance on the integrity, strength, surety, etc. of a person or thing; confidence. (provided by Dictionary.com)

Blessed is the man who hopes in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD.

Blessed is the man who relies on the surety of the LORD, whose surety is in the LORD.

Blessed is the man who has confidence in the LORD, whose confidence is the LORD.

Blessed is the man who has strength in the LORD, whose strength is the LORD.

How incredible is that one line of verse seven when it's broken down like that?

...[he] does not fear when heat comes...and [he] is not anxious in the year of drought...

He who has confidence, surety, hope, strength--trust--in the LORD will not waver in any heat that Satan throws at us. Instead, we remain rooted in Him--continuing to bear fruit in a seemingly impossible environment.

When we choose Him, we choose His strength, hope, confidence and surety. We choose life.

Eternal life. Unregulated by lowly humans, but crafted and empowered by the Great, Almighty Creator.