“When You discipline a man with rebukes for sin

You consume like a moth what is dear to him;

surely all mankind is a mere breath!”

Selah

Psalm 39:11

Quiet solitude and isolation are being used to help me see myself for what I really am. It's raw, and it's ugly.

This has happened 
that we might not rely on ourselves

but on God Who raises the dead.

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril

and He will deliver us again.

On Him we have set our hope 
that He will continue to deliver us.

II Corinthians 1:9,10

Bub, our safe bubble was threatened by water damage. The water line under the kitchen sink dripped water, and from our eyes poured tears as we cried to God again.

“Do not throw away your confidence.

You need to persevere....

we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed

but of those who believe and are saved.”

Hebrews 10:35, 39

Pursuing the Airstream has felt like being stuck a confusing maze. For six months, every time I turned a new corner expecting to see the way forward, I only found another dead end.

“Therefore I am now going to allure her

I will lead her into the desert

and speak tenderly to her.

There I will give her back her vineyards

and will make the Valley of Achor

a door of hope.”

Hosea 2:15

What husband chooses a desert for romantic wooing? Beautiful beaches and mountain settings stir this heart. Yet here was God, a husband to His people, alluring by leading into a wasteland.