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Closing Blessing
“Beloved is Where We Begin” by Jan Richardson
If you would enter
into the wilderness,
do not begin
without a blessing.
Do not leave
without hearing
who you are:
Beloved,
named by the One
who has traveled this path
before you.
Do not go
Wondering Questions
- Where in your life is God inviting you to take the next step, trusting that what has seemed hidden or ordinary has been preparing you for the “more” that lies ahead?
- How might God be using your limited perspective to bring about something larger than you can see? Where in your life is God inviting you to trust beyond what you can fully comprehend?
- How might the temptations in your wilderness become invitations to trust, not in your own control, but in God’s care and provision? How could refusing to bow down to your temptations open your path into deeper freedom and transformation?
- If you truly believed that your story wasn’t already set in stone, what one “impossible” change would you finally trust, and keep trusting, Jesus for? What could it feel like to stop trying to do and be “enough” … and simply allow yourself to trust that God’s love is more than enough?