The Desert

I have to admit, I didn't feel like I had much to write today. I am so busy with work and the kids, all their activities and all of my duties, that I feel like I haven't had time to hear what God wants to tell me. I have tried to listen, even think about, what I should write for today's blog but I continue to come up empty, due to distractions.

Then it hit me; sometimes God leads us to the desert so that we are removed from distractions and so that we can focus on Him. Sometimes we feel like we are led to the desert and abandoned, only to dry up; like our lives sometimes, even our blogs to a lesser degree. But if we look at scripture and think about our desert situation, we could find that we are led to a place that we can focus on God and what He is trying to tell us.

So my challenge today is for us to not be frustrated when we hear nothing, but to take time to hear deeper, so to speak. Think about what we are filling our lives wiuth and where we place our relationship with God. Take time from our busy schedules and duties and really listen to God and place Him first in our lives; then, just maybe, God won't have to lead us into the desert in order for us to hear what His mission, ministry, and purpose in our lives can be.