Food for the journey

"Through My blessings, you ARE equipped for peace in the desert."

Sunday night, in the early part of Greg's sermon, I had a vision. Not really uncommon, although I had been in a quiet period, in my spirit, for a while.

I saw a small box, filled with sand. It had what looked like a lower-case "e" raked in it. There were two parallel lines with this "e" though. I asked what it meant. The bulk of what has been shown to and spoken to my spirit this year, has had a theme of fruit...or blessings. But, there has also been a recent trend of deserts.

When I looked at this sand box, I knew that it was a Zen sand garden.

After I asked what all of these things...the fruit, the sand, the "e" meant, subtle parallels between these dichotomies became apparent to me.

Zen, in our society, is equated to peace.
Fruit is blessings, abundance, sustenance.
Sand...desert, are both trial, barrenness, hard times.

The double "e"...parallel lines, both running the course together, equal.

That's when the Spirit spoke this sentence to me:

"Through My blessings, you ARE equipped for peace in the desert."

After this, my spirit was told to read the whole of Acts chapter 20.