No Longer Desolate

I preached this sermon on 17 January 2010 at Camp Patriot, a US military enclave at the Kuwaiti Naval Base. The Wednesday before, God kept me up all night, giving me the substance of this sermon - not a usual experience for me, and not particularly a comfortable one either. I had some weeping over memories to do. I'm sure he had his reasons, and the message was certainly directed to the particular needs of some of the servicemembers there. Four or five came up to "claim" the message afterward, including one who asked for some counsel and prayer. Even so, the message was not as emotionally challenging to deliver as I had expected - probably because I had vented well on Wednesday. As I said, God had his reasons.