{"id":133,"date":"2006-04-28T01:30:11","date_gmt":"2006-04-28T06:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:09:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:09:34","slug":"133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/133\/","title":{"rendered":"Dryness","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-images\/desert5.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"182\" \/><br \/>     &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS<\/strong> dryness is not God&#8217;s rejection, but only a little test to see if you trust Him still&#8212;<span style=\"font-style: italic\"><\/span><em>when you&#8217;re not perfect<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>It is not the Sun which moves, but the Earth. So too, we pass through seasons when we are stripped of consolations and cast into the darkness of wintry testing. Still, the Son has not moved; His Love and Mercy burn with a consuming fire, awaiting the right moment when we are ready to enter a new springtime of spiritual growth and the summer of infused knowledge. <\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; THIS dryness is not God&#8217;s rejection, but only a little test to see if you trust Him still&#8212;when you&#8217;re not perfect. It is not the Sun which moves, but the Earth. So too, we pass through seasons when we are stripped of consolations and cast into the darkness of wintry testing. 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