Revelation

I had a revelation this past weekend.  Basically I realized I have been living in a bit of a bubble these past few years.  I've often referred to it as a "time in the desert."  Basically I have felt for a while that God took me to a place in my life where I was completely focused on Him.  A place that I was not comfortable with.  It was a place that was very unfamiliar.  

For a while I thought it was all about location that created this desert.  However, in the matter of 3 1/2 years, I moved back and forth from five locations.  The "desert" I felt like I was in, never went away.  I know now that it was a spiritual desert.  I needed to be there for a reason, and I needed to be away from everything I had always known in order for God to get my full attention.

He definitely got it.

I've learned so much these past few years.  I know I have talked about it a lot, but I'm still learning every day.  

This weekend I just realized that when you're in the desert, there will be a time  you will be taken out.  I'm thinking/hoping that's my time right now.  It isn't an instant thing, it's still a process that takes time.  

One thing I didn't appreciate or even understand about being in the desert is that while I was in it, God was teaching me but also protecting me.  That was why I referred to it as a bubble.  There were certain temptations and things that I just never had to deal with.  But when you aren't in the desert anymore, you aren't in that bubble either.  

Those desert moments are so bittersweet.

So that's my revelation.