Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones…
Having lived in Nevada for most of my married life, dryness was a way of life. Average rainfall was under 10 inches a year….moisture cream, hand lotion, chap stick were staples….
My children grew playing in the sagebrush, salt grass.
Two of them have ended up still close to that environment and two have moved to more moisture…interesting God works.
When we would take to the hills, it was likely that there would be dry bones of some animal or another, deer, cow, bleached white in the hot sun, a bit of fur here and there, maybe an anthill nearby…the sage brush thriving from the nutrients fed into the ground by the decay.
Even in death the animal gave some life to its surroundings….
We may have dry times, times when we need the breath of God to bring new life to our bones, our heart…to build us up, repair us, heal us, bring back the joy we once knew… bring peace… comfort…
And He is just breath away…
Thank YOU…
Rereading passages about the exile of the Israelites to Babylon is hard and hopeful at the same time. Their rebellion toward God brought about punishment after many many years of a “slow to anger”God.
But, the hope in these times as well…
He shows Ezekiel the valley of dry bones, reviving them to life…in Ezekiel 37…
He promises new life…even in their pain…
https://biblestudyforyou.com/bible-verses-about-dry-bones/
https://www.gotquestions.org/valley-dry-bones.html
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tl3GrkRHsvk
fear not, for I am with you;be not dismayed, for I am your God;I will strengthen you, I will help you,I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isa.41.10
Come alive….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF6HlhGy3LM&list=RDuF6HlhGy3LM&start_radio=1
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