Lord,
For three years I walked without seeing.
I experienced absence, emptiness, incomprehension.
But in this desert, You shaped me.
You dug my roots deep,
You taught me to love You unconditionally.
And today, I am no longer the same.
I thank you for the drought,
because it has given way to peace.
I thank you for the wait,
because she has purified my heart.
And now, Lord,
if it's the moment,
make the living water spring forth,
make the promise bloom again.
Let this desert become a sanctuary.
Amen