I will make the wilderness
         a pool of water,
and the dry land
         springs of water.
...that men may see and know,
may consider and understand together,
that the hand of the LORD
                     has done this,
the Holy One of Israel
     has created it.

               Isaiah 41. 18, 20

(His purposes,
His provision,
His presence
  even in this impossible situation,
  even in this "wilderness.")