Accommodations in the desert...

Accommodations in the desert...

David lived in caves...
Elijah by a brook...
Moses and his crowd lived in tents...
The lepers lived outside the city, ostracized from others...
Some live in castles...or hospital chairs...hotel rooms...McDonald houses...hurricane tossed shelters...
A friend of mine lived in shelters for abused women...
Another in her car...
We lived in 6 different places as we journeyed with my husband's cancer...
Or we just live in everyday homes as we journey in our deserts...

But no matter where it was or is...God is there...dwelling with us...even in the dark alleys of life...sometimes we don't see him or even recognize that he is there...he may come in the quietness, offering cool water...food...a shoulder on which to cry ....in the light of day or in the dark of night...he may come in a semi with cases of water...or a lineman to fix the electricity...he may come with extra clothing for the bodies drenched with rain...or carrying out our favorite pet from the burning inferno....he finds us where we are ...it may not be in our timing, as  his ways are different from ours ....

Isaiah 32:2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

Psalm 27:5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.

Thank YOU...

Isaiah 35:1-10 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus,
it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God. He
Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow. And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. No lion will be there, nor any ravenous beast; they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there, and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.