“Into the solitary place we must walk with Jesus to learn the art of intimacy with God……
But in the biblical narrative, the words desert and wilderness are reflecting into Israel’s forty-year journey in the wilderness, wandering in covenant struggle with the God who brought them up out of Egypt. The desert, the wilderness, was to be a place of purification, of reorientation, of ongoing discovery of Israel’s true name and vocation. And they failed, time and time again, as a people. In the wild, God can get at us—without the din and noise and activity and relationships and social media creating enough noise that we can’t hear him speak what he has to say. The wild is not a punishment—the wild is a gift.”
-Dan Wilt, Jesus In The Wild, seedbed.com Wake Up Call, 2/28/23
At Titus 2’s life recovery ministry we help our ladies be separate from the distractions of their world. No phone, no TV, no electronics in order that they may engage in a thoughtful journey within to discover what is truly valued, important, worthy of giving their attention and lives to.
Some embrace the opportunity with courage and trust that what they find will be their better selves.
Others run from the effort, afraid they will find something worse than what they have already known.