Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:

Isaiah 35:5-7
New Living Translation (NLT)
5 And when he comes, he will open the eyes
of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.
6 The lame will leap like a deer,
    and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,
    and streams will water the wasteland.
7 The parched ground will become a pool,
    and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.
Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish
    where desert jackals once lived.

Reflection:

Texas can be blazing hot during the summer. The
ground can get so parched and cracked that it looks
like and alligators skin. Moisture evaporates and the
air-conditioners get a severe work out. Once, while
driving through a small town, I saw signs on the
houses saying, "Pray for rain." During severe climate
changes, it is refreshing to imagine the visual pictures.

God gives us so many of these images in the Bible
such as "streams in the desert" (v.6).
I often have looked back and thought of how dry my
life has been at times. I felt like that parched ground
in the Texas sun. Yet it is through those times that
God has faithfully reminded me that he can make
rivers in the desert. He can make me bloom given in
the midst of the most challenging of seasons.
Where are you today? Are you facing a desert? Be
encouraged! God is able to restore and make you
bloom even in the desert.

Prayer:

Lord, thank you for reminding me that you are the
creator of all things. Yes, even of the desert. Amen

(Covenant Home Altar, author Gricel Medina)