The Desert

What do we know about the desert. During the day it can be hot and at night it can be cold. It is a wasteland of nothing other then a few cactus's, snakes, lizards, birds and a lot of sand, but there isn't much to think about out there. Is it some place we want to go, not really, at least I don't find it to be that particular to want to go there.

We go through many stages in our lives, at least I have. I have gone through a time of learning, a time of getting what I wanted, a time of sharing and I am in a time that some would call the desert. It is when I am not getting anything, but my one on one time with my Heavenly Father. It is when we put our will aside, what we want aside and say not my will, yours Lord. It is not my way, but your way. It is in the desert that I am able to see how my actions of the past have affect or effected others, how what I have said affected people around me. It can't be about me, but about God, about His kingdom.

The desert period is long and hard, but worth it. In the desert we learn to look for not the water that we drink daily (or should drink daily), but the living water, the water that will continue to quench my thirst even when I am unable to drink. It changes my focus not for what I want, but for what God wants in me. This time can't be about me, but about God.

I struggled with being alone, being without, but am I really alone? I believe one can not live with another until they learn to live by themselves. Isn't it easy to have something, but not realize what you have? I found it that way in life, I was married, not once but twice, I had, but I wanted more instead of being thankful for the person I was, not being thankful in it at all. Life is difficult, being married is not easy, but being alone is not any better. The grass is not greener on the other side of the fence, it is for a time, but soon the grass will die and what is left is the same hard times, the same struggles, the same things unless you take the time to walk in the desert, to heal, to see what life is really about.

Life is a choice, Love is a choice, Forgiveness is a choice, excepting Love is a choice, you see it is our choice and I had forgotten that. I had forgotten so much and today I share with you what I forgot to help you remember what life really is about. It can't be about yourself, it has to be about Jesus, others and you. When we are able to see that, we are able to except life, except it and live it. Are you ready to live/love life? Take a stand today. If that means a walk in the desert, pray that God will give you a desert to walk in. Pray that He will provide for you the silence that you need to walk in.

Hard times are not easy, but they are harder when we only focus on what we want, what isn't working for us or how others have let us down. Don't blame God, thank Him for your struggles, because in the struggles we learn and grow.