Comments on: Living in the Desert 3 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/02/15/living-in-the-desert-3/ Random wonderings about God and Life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Laura Anne http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/02/15/living-in-the-desert-3/#comment-4273 Laura Anne Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:02:40 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/02/15/living-in-the-desert-3/#comment-4273 I like that quote at the end...because feel it reflects my 'journey' which I think has been a 6 year long wilderness, which lead to me realising a need to trust God completely...and despite the struggle and suffering and questioning when God seemed 'unfathomable' I somehow knew that although I didn't have those warm fuzzy feelings, that God had not abandoned me. I felt His presence come back to me in powerful ways whispering encouragement to keep going despite fear, heartache, not understanding and wondering if I'd ever indeed get out of 'the desert'. Is interesting also, how do we put it. Absent? Hidden? Confusing? Or is it just that we've sat are bums down in the sand in defeat...? I like that quote at the end…because feel it reflects my ‘journey’ which I think has been a 6 year long wilderness, which lead to me realising a need to trust God completely…and despite the struggle and suffering and questioning when God seemed ‘unfathomable’ I somehow knew that although I didn’t have those warm fuzzy feelings, that God had not abandoned me. I felt His presence come back to me in powerful ways whispering encouragement to keep going despite fear, heartache, not understanding and wondering if I’d ever indeed get out of ‘the desert’.

Is interesting also, how do we put it. Absent? Hidden? Confusing? Or is it just that we’ve sat are bums down in the sand in defeat…?

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