Psalm 102:6 (NKJV)
I am like a pelican
of the wilderness;
I am like an owl
of the desert.
Owls are drawn to desolate places. They haunt ruins, and waste lands, and desert places. A long, long time ago, I used to collect owls. Figurines and pictures were in every room, and on every wall of my apartment.
The prayer of the psalmist that wrote Psalm 102 was a prayer of affliction. He said in verse 6 that he was like the owl of the desert. That was me back in the day, collecting so many owls that I didn't even have enough wall space to hang them all. I lived in my own desert place, with the soul of a true introvert.
Yesterday, I happened to come across Isaiah 51:3 that says, "He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in it."
Now that's what I'm talking about! God took my desolate soul and turned it into the garden of Eden. You want to know why I post so many florals to my Faithbook page? He turned my desert into the garden of the Lord (the place of His divine presence).
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Dee Richardson, Voice of the Dove â€