The Wilderness

The Wilderness The world around me took my time away... and it tried to take everything else too, but that did not happen. Storms come and go, and we all know the truth of that fact. Some we create ourselves, while others are pressed upon us. The first wave of the ocean is always cold and sudden, but it soon changes as we adjust to the tides... that come and go. In the darkness of the night that often arrives in the daylight hours just as black as midnight's power... The Shadow... Evil tries to win against our souls. It tries to tell us we are old and alone. It lies. There is no place on Earth that the Lord does not occupy. That He does not see and feel... That He can not hear the calls, the pleading the bleating of his flock. The wilderness is harsh, but we are His and He is strong... Beyond all understanding, it is simply the truth of reality.