The Desert

This season is different.

Not in a bad way.

The Desert is just:

quieter, darker, and more reflective.

Christ had to go to the Desert for forty days

before He began His ministry.

Moses wandered the Desert for forty years

during the Exodus,

in search of the promised land.

And in our own way,

we must do the same.

Last season was the Builder’s Season:

an external growth of lifting,

taking risks,

laying our foundation.

A time to do whatever it takes

to become the best version of ourselves.

There was light,

because risks once terrifying

became victories we could see in real time.

We smiled,

because what was once frightening

had become our new normal.

But every season of light

must pass through shadows,

so the light to come

shines even brighter.

So we say farewell to the season of the builder,

and hello to the season of the Desert.

This is an internal growth,

our unseen strength being forged

beneath all the layers.

We must take time alone with ourselves

to figure out this gift called life

and how we fit into a story

much larger than us.

This season is dedicated to us.

It will strip us down.

But whatever can survive here

is truly unshakeable.

We will come out on the other side of the Desert,

bigger, and better.

The Desert season may seem isolating,

but it allows us to see

what we could not see before.

But be aware:

the Desert is full of mirages,

temptations clothed as beauty,

distractions dressed as need.

These will make us nothing

but strangers to ourselves.

They will not give us clarity,

but turn us into someone

we do not recognize anymore.

Because in this stripped season we call the Desert

is where we truly find out

what greatness we are capable of.

And when we return,

as long as we stick through it,

the love for ourselves

will be greater than we could ever imagine.

This is the Desert Season:

the season of refinement.