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Jill Schreiber's avatar

Dear Brandi - what a rich feast you have written! "He maintained...equilibrium, like one guided by reason." That to me is true riches. I recognize the desert, the wilderness, as something to which I was abandoned at birth, in the utterly austere and rejecting nature of my familial relationships. I was convinced my parents were going to one day drive me to some nameless field and leave me there alone to fend for myself. I used to hide little packets of crackers and baby food jars of milk when we left town, against just such an eventuality. It never happened geographically, but I realize that the desert is always where my heart has been. Having experienced a beautiful marriage, and having walked with the ever-distant but ever-present God, I realize the desert has become my home. I can relax about it. God in His goodness called me to wilderness, and He is with me.

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Michelle's avatar

This wisdom is just what I needed today, thank you. I’ll be simmering in these ideas in my own cloudy desert in the wintry hills of Upstate New York.

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