Have you ever looked back on a tough season and thought, How did I even get through that? And then you remember—it wasn’t just grit. It wasn’t just time. It was God. Quiet, steady and present.
Maybe it was that season when you were juggling a new baby, a job you weren’t sure you could keep and a marriage that felt more like a roommate situation than a partnership. Or that stretch of months when you kept showing up to a hospital room, watching someone you love fade, wondering how your heart was still beating.
This verse from Hosea feels like a postcard from one of those hard, dry places in life. The ones where you were tired, stretched thin and maybe even a little lost. But even then, God was there. Not just watching from afar—caring for you. Guiding you. Making sure you didn’t fall apart, even when everything felt like it was on fire.
It’s easy to miss Him in the middle of the wilderness. The heat is blinding, the road is long and you’re just trying to survive. But later—sometimes much later—you realize He was there the whole time. Making a way. Whispering peace. Holding you together when nothing else made sense.
So today, think back. What’s one wilderness season you made it through? The months of financial strain when you kept finding just enough in your bank account. The time your prayers felt hollow, but you couldn’t stop praying anyway. The loneliness that finally cracked open space for deeper connection.
That’s your meet-cute with God. A moment where divine love showed up in the middle of the mess and said, I’ve got you.
And the best part? He didn’t just show up then—He’s still here now. Still guiding, still providing, still caring in ways you might not even see yet.
You’re never walking the desert alone.
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