You know when you are driving through a desert and in the distance ahead you see sun shimmering off water, but when you reach the spot there is nothing there but blistering sun and waves of heat? I don't want that. I don't want to waste your time, fellow desert dweller, with mirages, illusions of thirst quenching water, but with no substance beneath them.
It is too easy to keep other people and their pain at arm's length by offering easy answers and quick fixes. Sort of a "take two Bible verses and call me in the morning" approach. We tell ourselves we are giving hope when really we are sticking band-aids on mortal wounds.
So that's it. I hate easy answers and quick fixes. I want real struggle, real hope, real healing, real encounter with the real God. Nothing less will do.
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