So I've been asked what my quote means. For me the "desert" is a hard place to live in, but it is usually were the most growth happens. I'm at school in Saskatchewan, which in a lot of ways is physically like a desert (being really flat and barren, especially in the winter) compared to BC, where I've lived my whole life (take a look at some of my pictures of mountains. That's what BC looks like). Spiritually though I feel like I'm in the desert. I'm currently at a Bible College, which is, ironically enough, the hardest place to live out your faith. You study the Bible for marks, which makes it into a routine activity. I feel like God has brought me here, in part, to test how much I am willing to follow Him. The last month I have been faced with choosing between following God whole-heartedly, and just being another mediocre Christian. I had fallen into sin on several occasions which revealed some of my mediocrity. I think it would be better for me to choose to live a sinful life than to be half hearted in my attempts to follow God. I can't turn my back on Him though; He is too much a part of who I am for me to reject Him outright.

Jesus was in the desert when Satan tempted Him. After Satan was done, angels from God came to comfort Him. I'm so glad that Jesus was able to resist temptation because it means that He can help me resist it. I desperately want to come out of the desert and be able to say, "God has protected and strengthened me. He has given me passion for the things that His heart burns for and zeal against the things He despises (including those things in my life)."