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 <\/p>\n

The message came.<\/span><\/p>\n

Come away to a desert place and rest awhile.<\/span><\/p>\n

The way opened.<\/span><\/p>\n

I left my work in the valley to tread the sandy soil<\/span><\/p>\n

amid the junipers,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To listen to the whispers in the sage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stop. Be still.<\/span><\/p>\n

Know that I am God.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pause. Ponder. Praise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dream My dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I will do a new thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

As streams flow from a mighty Rock,<\/span><\/p>\n

You shall be refreshed and pour out rivers of living water<\/span><\/p>\n

in the land of the crystal peaks where the<\/span><\/p>\n

gray goose grows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selah<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yvonne Kays<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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