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| Desert Tortoise, Red Rock Desert Via Wikimedia Commons, click for license |
I have a rather intimate familiarity with the desert.
I love my mountain home, and prefer the forest, but having lived in the desert, or a twenty minute drive from it, for the past 20+ years, I find the desert to be a comfortable companion.
I love my mountain home, and prefer the forest, but having lived in the desert, or a twenty minute drive from it, for the past 20+ years, I find the desert to be a comfortable companion.
I know that it is a harsh place. I know that some call it ugly. I also know that it has an acrid beauty that is difficult to describe to one who has not experienced it. And I know that it hides life under its wing. Clandestine, but bursting with unexpected verve.
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Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range, Dath
Valley, California
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I’ve been limiting my morning coffee to only Monday and
Saturday mornings this Lent. It’s been remarkably
easy to do this, actually. The most
unexpected thing has been how much I enjoy that cup of coffee, when I do have
it.
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| Desert Flora Near Twentynine Palms, Ca Via Wikimedia Commons, click for license |
Lent is like that.
You think you are going to be sacrificing, but somehow, you get more
than you give.
I imagine that I have gained more enjoyment from those two cups of coffee per week, than I generally gained from the many cups per week that I drank before. Finding life in the desert packs a punch.
I imagine that I have gained more enjoyment from those two cups of coffee per week, than I generally gained from the many cups per week that I drank before. Finding life in the desert packs a punch.
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| Desert Gold at Cinder Hill, Death Valley , CA Via Wikimedia Commons, click for license |
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| Indian Paintbrush, Death Valley Via Wikimedia Commons, click for license |
Meeting a risen Christ at the empty tomb, in the dark, in the wee hours of the Easter vigil, before light bursts forth on Easter morning, can be life changing…if we have prepared to fully appreciate life, in a landscape of death.
Pax Christi Friends,
Keep Walking; there is Life in the Journey,
~Michelle
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| Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, Our Desert, CA Via Wikimedia Commons, click for license |
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I got to visit the Mojave one year when we'd had an El Nino year - and it was astonishing. Flowers EVERYWHERE. I saw lilies blooming out of the lava around Amboy Crater. Just astounding. I've never forgotten it.
ReplyDeleteThe deserts often do surprise us. It is in the time of need that we draw closer to Him. And in His graciousness He gives us just what we need and more.
ReplyDeleteThank you again for such a thought provoking post.