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The Miracle of a Promise

If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,                                then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually     and satisfy your desire in scorched places               and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a well-watered garden ,      like a spring of water,             whose waters do not fail . The words from Isaiah 58 washed over my soul as I sat in a worship session at Thrive, a retreat for missionary women last week. The phrases ‘satisfy your desire’ and ‘be like a well-watered garden' sat heavy in my spirit. I grabbed my journal and noted down, “What does it look like for me to be a well-watered garden with a spring that never fails? What does it look like for Jesus to really satisfy my desires? To live out of abundance in the midst of suffering?” I continued to mull over it while the speaker stood up and began to sha