Fear Just Blocks Out The Views

 

...and the woman fled

          into the wilderness, 

where she has a place

     prepared by God,

in which she is to be nourished

for 1260 days.

            Revelation 12. 6

The wilderness is not 

a barren place,

   nor pit of despair,

   nor the unknown to God,

but a place to seek Him,

a refuge in which

  to be strengthened 

  and nourished

  and full of God's wonders.

See this time and place

        differently,

even if it feels like a long time.

What does this make possible?

We have not been abandoned,

but strategically positioned

   for God's great goodness,

Be not afraid there.

God is providing something new.

And protecting us.

Fear just blocks out

    the incredible views.

O LORD,

We all at one time or another

find ourselves in 

   a confusing, hard

       and lonely place.

It is not that You show up,

  but You are already here.

Reveal Yourself to us

   in our sacred encounters

that we so often

       don't recognize.

Grant to us what we need

   as we abide there

               with You.