Desert Testing
If you've every been in a desert you will soon see how dangerous the heat can be. Quickly dehydrating everything in sight. Without water in the desert it is estimated you would only live about 3 days. The air temperature soars to an average of 110-120 degrees Fahrenheit (no symbols on this email). The only life are those that store water or can find it in desert plants. And as far as sound, there is none, you can hear yourself breathe.
In deep desperate times in our lives it is like being in the desert. Dry, dehydrated without water, burning up in the heat, parched, silence. We search for answers and feel alone (notice I said 'feel'). In the silence, if patience doesn't have her perfect work, we can't see past the dry times. There is only one kind of desert testing I know, it is silent and dry and the purpose is to strengthen us and bring us to a place of deep searching. We can fight all we want, try to run away, to find the desert is a vast place.
There is a saying in the desert towns, 'In the desert you will find your soul'. You will, you don't even need to be physically in the desert. When it is time for this test, the desert comes to you. When the silence and dry times come we have one of two choices, to live or to die. Because once we are in the desert there is no running away, you must find a way out or die.
Sounds like a sad ending to this story, but it isn't...ever. If you keep walking straight ahead you will eventually find your way to water, and a refreshing new appreciation for life. And when you look back you will see the desert is a very necessary place for growth and really a beautiful place.
Psalm 107:35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs.
Can you imagine...40 years?!!! We can survive it!!!
Video & Song
'The Prayer' Charlotte Church & Josh Groban
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aJhxmdyGC5c&feature=related
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