THE BEAUTY OF TROUBLED WATERS
GLENN BLANK
One night I walked down to a bridge in a park . The stream below was quite dark . Below the shadowy surface I could see nothing . Then the Ruach said , “ I create darkness as well as form light . I create calamity as well as shalom . I create the wilderness as well as green pastures . I even create the devil with his temptations . You ask , why ? Surely , you know ? Without darkness there would be no drama , no mystery , no adventure , no beauty . Without calamity , there would be no consequences , no discipline , nothing to draw My people back to Me . Without the wilderness with its thirst and hunger and longing there would be no appreciation for the green pastures . Without the wilderness , there would be no place for the devil to test your faith . For “ I led you in the wilderness these forty years , so that He might humble you , testing you , to know what was in your heart .” Deuteronomy 8:2 . Testing you , humbling you , has a purpose .
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