I sat in the passenger seat as we left the red rocks of Sedona and snaked our way through the mountains that gave way to 108 degree temperatures creating mirages across the sparse, dry desert.

We had no idea what to expect as we turned into Joshua Tree National Park but were anxiously excited to join our hiking guide Travis https://wanderingmojave.com/, https://www.facebook.com/wanderingmojave the next morning for a sunrise hike through the desert.

Little did I know those well laid plans and intentions would be interrupted by a meeting I did not realize I needed. My spiritual life had begun to look like that dry sparse desert. I needed living water.

I sit here in the Mohave Desert and it is not lost on me how desolate my spiritual life has felt. Not because God is far away, because I have been far away. We have had some exciting things happening in our life. I should be hopeful in expectation. Why was I feeling this way?

I want to live with my heart and hands wide open to receive all the good gifts God has for me. I would bet that you do too!