Not
40 years of purification
not
40 days of temptation
not
honey and locusts
not
days of birth pangs
or groaning too terrible
to endure
but
a desert time
arid
heat
in the day
cold
in the night
but dry
always dry
an
ocean of sand
windblown
waterless
without shade
or respite
wandering
in desert time
Photograph by
Lila Frerichs via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
Any who have been in the desert of their lives will resonate with this. I really liked it. I was there, and getting pretty thirsty.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who loves in the desert and also been in those desert places, this resonates. God is in the midst os our wanderings!
ReplyDeleteI meant lives in the desert, though I have come to love parts of it too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I always find a little flower blooming or the most beautiful bird or a craggy hiding spot of shade in desert hikes, and my heart remembers He is always there giving Grace. He is ready with common Grace and saving Grace no matter how desolate the terrain of my life or heart.
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