Scripture  

Hosea 2:14 (NRSV)  

Therefore, I will now allure her,  

and bring her into the wilderness,  

and speak tenderly to her.

Refrain  

The wilderness may feel empty but God is here.

Poem  

Barbara Brown Taylor, from *Learning to Walk in the Dark*  

“New life starts in the dark.  

Whether it is a seed in the ground,  

a baby in the womb,  

or Jesus in the tomb—  

it starts in the dark.  

The wilderness is not the absence of God.  

It is the place where we meet the God we did not know we needed,  

on terms we did not expect,  

but cannot live without.”

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