Category: Lessons of the Desert

  • Part II Discipline or Pruning? – When God Wasn’t Winking

    Click   HERE  to view my introductory video post entitled “Discipline or Pruning?” I met Alan in my late twenties, and we jointly struggled with the sins of our past. As recently recommitted Christians, we experienced God’s intervention and discipline in the form of difficult circumstances. In the passage of time, we began to realize…

  • Discipline Then Pruning Part III

    Discipline Then Pruning Part III

    “I used to be a king (queen) But everything around me Turned to rust, It’s ‘cause I built my life on sand And I watched it crumble in the dust.” (Songs for Beginners by Graham Nash)

  • Discipline or Pruning?

    John 15:1-2 “I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” (NIV) Every branch. This means all Christians will have shears drawn near at some…

  • Ruhamah

    I found myself in the book of Hosea this morning. We know that Hosea was a prophet who was called to illustrate the relationship, or lack of it, between Israel and God at the time. He was to do this through his marriage to an unfaithful wife, Gomer.  Each child conceived from this couple represented…

  • What did you go out in the desert to see?

    A reed swayed by the wind? (Luke 7:24 NIV) John the Baptist as a child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly in Israel. (Luke 1:80 NIV) Solitude with God in the desert was his school. He gained the lessons and experiences needed to verify his…