In The Desert

I have been living in an interesting universe these past few years.  I had a long career in data processing, working on the technology side, being discontent with the status quo, pushing the boundaries of technology to make devices and processes better and faster.  It was tremendous adventure, tremendous satisfaction, and then emptiness until the next challenge presented itself.  During those early years, in this case 1976 - I rewrote the operating system for the world's largest disk drive to force it to allow for random access.  I will be living on those royalties until I retire, many years from now.  :)

I really wish that life was about hitting the mark and then being able to stay there, resting on the laurels of past accomplishments.  I know that my experience is not normal and that is the only aspect of my life where I could hit a mark and then rest on a laurel.  Everywhere else, well not so much ...

Read Mark 1:12-13

Don't Be Shocked
Your mountain top experience, WILL be followed by a crash into the valley.
Expect the rollercoaster experience, if you do not know what that means oh will you ever!
You will be tested.
You will believe you have fallen from Heaven to Hell.

God Will Allow A Desert
Do not believe  God will not allow the rollercoaster ride for you. 
You will crash into the desert.
John the Baptizer, came out of the desert.
Jesus was taken into the desert.

Testing was and is the point of the desert.

Don't Worry
Your desert will not last forever!
You will grown because of it!
Blessing await on the other side.
And no one knows how far the other side is away.

Let God Disciple You
It is in the desert, when you are down, that God can reach you and help you to grow.
To learn the lessons you need to  for what lay ahead..
He will teach, discipline and reward you!
He will shape you into whom you need to be for Him to use you!
Character, Faith, Strength, Knowledge are all areas of work in your life.

Remember Your Baptism
You were baptised in faith
And through testing
Each brought a test, each a reward.