Deserts

You are the One; there's no one else
Who lifts me up
And gives me water from the well
But there's a hole
That seems to drain it all away
And once again I'm left in fear and doubt
When all my strength is crying out

So here I am again
Willing to be opened up and broken like a flower in the rain
Tell me what have I to do
To die and then be raised
To reach beyond the pain
Like a flower in the rain

The evil wind, it blows a storm
To rock my world
Just when I think I'm safe and warm
I'm led astray far too easily
It's always hard for me to say I'm wrong
Until I know I can't go on

Lord, You have searched me
And know when I sleep and when I rise
You're familiar with all my ways
Even the darkness will shine
Like the day
When you look into my heart
Flower in the Rain - Jaci Velasquez


So, I'm up later than I usually am. For some reason I can't sleep. I've been thinking about wildernesses and deserts that God leads us thru. I've discovered He takes us thru for different purposes, two of which are: He wants to bring us to a place we could never have gotten to on our own, and He wants to teach us things about ourself and Himself we could never have learned apart from going thru the desert. When we are in the middle of desert, very rarely can we see what the purpose is. It is only after we have reached the other side that we discover what God wanted to show us about Himself. God never wastes a desert experience. Our job is to learn what He wants to teach us.