So this morning I picked up my daily devotional, Streams in the Desert. (by far the most dead-on devotional I've ever read...it's a bit scary)
"...[isolation] is an ingredient in God's plan of dealing with us. We are to enter a secret chamber of isolation in prayer and faith that is very fruitful. At certain times and places, God will build a mysterious wall around us. He will take away all the supports we customarily lean upon, and will remove our ordinaty ways fo doing things. God will close us off to something divine, completeely new and unexpected, and that cannnot be understood where we do not know what is happening, where God is cutting the cloth of our lives by a new pattern, and thus where He causes us to look to Him.
Most Christians lead a treadmill life- a life in which they can predict almost everything that will come their way. But the souls that God leads into unpredictable and special situations are isolated by Him. All they know is that God is holding them and that He is dealing in their lives. Then their expectations come from Him alone...."
I find great comfort and confirmation in this. I have no idea what He is planning and preparing, but I trust Him.
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Thanks for this. Keep using your gift of writing for His glory. It's so nice to know someone else is going through this time as well. I was just in Nazareth in October and there are Olive Trees are everywhere. They say that Olive Trees are a sign of HOPE because they withstand everything -wind, fires, any natural disaster. That's what the Lord's calling me to do, "stand" (Eph.6:10-17) through all of this.
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