The Hebrew for
desert is מדבר
The Hebrew for speaking
is מדבר
Spot the difference?
There isn’t any when you see it written down – it’s from the
same word ROOT
The word for desert is pronounced “midbar” and speaking is
pronounced “medaber” but perhaps it
is no coincidence that the two overlap,
for
God often SPEAKS in the desert
It doesn’t often fill Western believers with joy to read these things in the Torah – it can seem kinda dry, like the desert, but if we are willing to stop, to still our souls, to wait and to listen, we can hear the beautiful voice of God in the dryest of places.
Sometimes our most powerful experiences and connections with God are in desert times in our lives. As a pastor I knew once said that while a dessert is something we do want but don’t need, time in the desert is something we don’t want, but do need! God deliberately calls us away into the desert
for his PURPOSES
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