A teacher explained to my class one time how to know the difference in spelling between desert and dessert. You always want more dessert, so it has and extra "s". I usually do want more dessert, more good and sweet things in my life. Who doesn't? :)
The best "good" in my life, the one thing I should always want more of is Jesus. And I find myself seeking and craving him the most when I'm in the deserts of my life. David wrote this when he was in the desert of Judah, "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Sometimes we find ourselves in yucky place in life. Bad things happen ... even tragic things happen. They don't happen without God knowing and allowing them. That's hard to swallow and understand for me sometimes, but I do believe that there is always a purpose and reason God has for bringing us to the desert. It's in the desert that we usually find our "dessert" :) The sweetness of depending on God, of growing in our faith and becoming dependent on Him for our next step, our next breath, our hope.
May it not take a desert to make me crave the dessert. May I desire God and cling to Him in all of my circumstances all the time.
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