In the Desert There is an Oasis...For All...

Day to day there are so many issues in our lives. From our basic needs, family, friends, or jobs, paying bills, and the routine of everyday mundane things. Sometimes we get so busy with our lives that we become dry.

Jesus continues to live within those of us who have accepted Him as our Savior, but as we move away from that place we live with Him we feel thirsty. We continue with our busy lifestyles and fail to stop and take a drink.

I am one of those people who thrive on being busy and love the challenge of pressure. Even if you don't like being busy, somehow our lives take us there and we are running around trying to accomplish all the tasks that are set before us.

As we push forward to keep up with the pace of life, we may push away from Our Father, which in return makes our daily tasks even harder without Him to guide us along the way. I can only speak for myself, but I know that I only realize that I am really thirsty and the desert is really dry when I am in the middle of wondering..." which way do I go?" "Why are things so hard to accomplish?"

It is then I am forced to stop in the desert no matter how hot it is and start looking for that Oasis. Looking for the place where I can sit back under a palm tree, feel the cool breeze across my face, and kneel down at the pool of water and drink until I am refreshed, filled...overflowing.

It is only through Our Lord Jesus Christ that I can quench my thirst and make sense out of everything that is affecting my life. It is only through Our Father that I can hold on to the hope that I will make it through this desert we live in and finally reach eternal peace.

Remember, when the sand is blowing in your face, the wind is so hot that it brings no comfort, and you are looking for water in the desert, look no further than Gods' Oasis.

Dictionary Definition -
1. A fertile or green area in an arid region
2. Something that provides refuge, relief, or pleasant contrast

Our God, Our Refuge, Our Relief....

"They shall not hunger or thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he hath mercy on them and shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them." Isaiah 49:10

"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." John 6:35

I found this piece I had written back from 2006 and I find it applies over & over...

In Christ's Love!

Are you a Migrating Bird?

So I had a dream that I continue to think about even though weeks have passed since I dreamt it. Here is how it goes....

I am a bird, a beautiful bird I might add, flying high over the Amazon Jungle. The trees are tall & swaying in the jungle breeze. The sun is glistening off of the pools & rivers of water that I see. Flying is extraordinary what a way to live!

I decide that I am going to land & hang out in the top of the trees to rest I guess. I never really figured out why I was resting. All of a sudden I hear another bird & I look up. There is a white bird I am not sure of what kind. I only know that he was talking to me & asking me if he could join me, of course I said.

If you haven't noticed my birds, animals, etc....everything talks in my dreams!

Well as this white bird lands in the tree with me to chat I ask him "where are you going?" He replies, I am a migratory bird. A what? A migratory bird, I can only fly one path. In the Winter I fly South & in the Summer I fly North. That is what I do said the white bird. I pondered this & I said, " that is so sad, to be able to fly in the sky but only be able to fly a certain path. Wouldn't that be boring? How could one be so free, but yet held to one path because of instinct? Destiny? Habit?

The dream ended there as I woke up (probably the alarm went off) but it really got me to thinking about how this dream parallels with our lives in the waking world.

We walk around all of our lives kind of like migratory birds. We get into a routine whether it be school, work, the Monday thru Friday grind and we allow day by day to pass by. We continue for the most part to do the same thing & live our life on a path like the migratory bird. I am this way too. Deep within me though
I want to be like the colorful bird in my dream. I want to fly all over, not really having a predestined or instinctual path to follow. I want to enjoy the sights, sounds, & linger over living things I see that are of wonder to me.

I need to step out of my migratory habits & become more like the bird in my dreams to experience life out of my comfort zone. Out of my waking sleep that takes me through the day. I want not just to live but to experience everything so I can soar within my peace & be satisfied.

Will you be a migratory bird or will you soar to new heights?