From Out of the Sand

Having isolated myself from the Lord, I was spiritually drowning, tired and worn from life's pressures. I was finished. No longer willing to go through the motions, I was ready to turn my back, walk away from God, and never look back. And yet I said one last prayer, hoping to receive something to grab me up out of my despair. Alone, depressed, and silent in my chair, the Holy Spirit simply said, "I hear your cry." He rescued me from self-destruction, and placed my feet on solid ground. My journe