Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Not Blind
You might recognize what it is like to have assumed you had lost God’s light because you could no longer see the road clearly? Confusion can make faithful presence feel like absence.
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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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Maps Through the Wilderness
Wrestling With Shame
These poem devotionals are grouped together in the guide at the end of Through the Wilderness.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Recommence
Somewhere in your story, you may have wanted to remove the anger, tears, and pain and simply begin again? The desire for a new start often rises after we become tired of surviving the old way.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Second Chance
Somewhere in your story, you may have offered an apology while wondering whether the past had already decided who you would always be? Shame can make a new beginning feel undeserved.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Outside of the 99
There are moments when you have believed you were the black sheep—the one expected to wander too far to belong? Shame often assigns exile before anyone offers grace.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Because He Chose the Cross
You might recognize what it is like to have felt crushed by everything you became, did, or could not repair? Shame tells us to carry the entire weight before approaching God.
Poem Devotional · Through the Wilderness
Found
You might recognize what it is like to have realized that the thorns you grew for protection were also keeping you from receiving love? Survival can defend the seed while eventually restricting its growth.
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.