Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Rooted
This may feel familiar: you have looked strong from the outside while feeling as though the very soil beneath you was draining life away? Roots need nourishment, not only endurance.
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Journey Through the Wilderness
Choose a reflection below and walk through Through the Wilderness one poem and one honest devotion at a time.
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Maps Through the Wilderness
Choose a path from the guide at the end of the book to see its corresponding poem devotionals.
Maps Through the Wilderness
Chronic Illness or Physical Suffering
These poem devotionals are grouped together in the guide at the end of Through the Wilderness.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
What the Body Carried
This may feel familiar: you have insisted you were fine while your body answered with tension, pain, exhaustion, or illness? The body often speaks after the voice has been ignored too long.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Silence in White
Have you ever stood inside a silence so large that you wondered whether God could still find you there? Isolation can make every unanswered question feel louder.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Flesh and Bones
You might recognize what it is like to have lain awake while fear made the night feel permanent? Darkness can convince a tired mind that morning has forgotten the way back.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Seasonal Change
Somewhere in your story, you may have felt emotionally cold for so long that numbness began to seem permanent? A hard season can convince us that warmth will not return.
Until the next step
Keep walking.
Whether you are reading along in the book or joining these reflections here, thank you for allowing me to walk beside you.