Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.
He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan;
and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
—Mark 1. 12-13
Go with him
into the deserted places
where mind won’t survive,
deep in your wilds, exposed,
with the beasts,
feral, shifty, wise
in their wordless ways,
their primal hungers,
their devouring instincts,
disappearing easily
into your canyons and outcroppings.
You don’t vanquish them,
you watch,
and learn to survive among them,
and witness the mystery,
how they lie down beside him.
Even they know
these washes and gulches
are a palm.
In this extremity,
you find your place
among your terrors,
your wastelands,
your angels.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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