Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
We Were Once Inseparable
Maybe you have looked at someone you once knew completely and wondered how so much distance grew between you? Losing closeness can feel like grieving a person who is still alive.
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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
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Emotional Abuse or Toxic Relationships
These poem devotionals are grouped together in the guide at the end of Through the Wilderness.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Captive Heart
Maybe you have looked back and wondered how you became quiet, unsure, or disconnected from the person you once were? Captivity often forms slowly enough that the bars begin to feel normal.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Strangled Gaze
Have you ever known a relationship was darkening your life while still craving the very person connected to the pain? Attachment can pull us toward what our wisdom is begging us to leave.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Voice Reclaimed
Somewhere in your story, you may have stayed quiet because being called difficult felt more dangerous than remaining uncomfortable? Silence can become a habit of protecting everyone except yourself.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Captivity
This may feel familiar: you have awakened to realize that shame and fear had become walls around your life? The cage can feel permanent when its bars are made from beliefs.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Out of the Grey
Have you ever lived in the space of maybe and almost because clarity might require a painful decision? Ambiguity can preserve hope while slowly eroding peace.
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.