24/11/2025
๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ.
There are seasons when life feels painfully dry โ when prayers seem unanswered, when strength fades, and when God feels silent. But even in these moments of drought, we are reminded: ๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ. What looks empty to us is often the soil where God plants a deeper kind of faith. He is still working, even when everything around us feels barren.
Just look at 1 Kings 17. Israel was in a severe drought, yet God sustained Elijah in unexpected ways โ through ravens at Cherith and through a widow in Zarephath who had almost nothing left. What looked like the worst season was the very moment God revealed His power, His timing, and His faithfulness. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ; ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ.
Think of a tree that must be cut, scarred, and wounded before it produces sap. The very wound that breaks it is the same place where something precious begins to flow. ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐; ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. And in the same way, God allows certain cuts in our lives โ not to destroy us, but to draw out something deeper, something purer, something we never knew we carried.
In the end, both good and painful seasons work together. ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป. ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐. Life needs both โ the breaking and the blooming โ so we can truly recognize the goodness of God from every angle.
๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐; ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ข.
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐.
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ.
by: Rev. Rowel Calibuyot 11.23.25