Someone has said that life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away. We have had so many moments that are breathtaking. It is hard to imagine that looking at the barren landscape of the Judean wilderness can take your breath away, but it is true. There is a beauty to the wilderness, expecially when realizing that more than 80% of the biblical story takes place either in the wilderness or on the edge of it. It is here that the still small voice of God was and is still heard. Our time in the wilderness was made exponentially more meaningful by hearing Joe Greemore sing with magnificent clarity and beauty, the words inspired by Isaiah 40 in Handels Messiah. The valleys and hills and crooked places of that text were brought to vivid life.
Blessings
Mary
