Desert of Hope

A woman walked alone through the scorching desert, broken and forgotten. She had lost everything.

Her husband was gone. Her children no longer spoke to her.

The world had turned its back. She dropped to her knees in the sand, tears mixing with

dust, and whispered, God, if you're real, show me I'm not

abandoned. That's when the sky split open. Beams of light pierced through the clouds

like fingers reaching down. The wind stopped. The air became still. And in that silence,

she heard it. Not with her ears, but deep in her spirit. I see you.

I have never left you. I am making all things new. She looked up,