Time spent in the wilderness is not comfortable. In the wilderness, we feel isolated, vulnerable, and unfruitful. It can be a place of great grief and suffering. But the wilderness is also a place where we meet God, and learn to rely on him and him alone. It is a place where we begin to loosen our grip on the past so we can move into God’s future. There is a mercy in the wilderness, albeit a severe one.

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