Episode Transcript
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Remember,
you are dust
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and to dust you
shall return.
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Have you ever
been lost?
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Or felt like you
are wandering
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in the wilderness?
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Searching for somewhere to belong?
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Out here,
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life is difficult.
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It is hot.
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It is dry.
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So why do we often end up here?
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St John of the Cross says that
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in our spiritual journey,
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God leads us by a way we do not understand,
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to bring us to what we do not possess.
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What he’s saying is no ordinary person
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enters the wilderness willingly.
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No, we are sent.
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And being sent into the wilderness
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is when God wakes us to the fact
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that our life isn’t
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where we want
it to be.
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There might be a problem in your life,
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a person you
struggle with,
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or maybe you are
not sleeping well,
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maybe you are lonely,
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maybe you’re anxious,
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or maybe you
find yourself
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going through
the motions
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without meaning
or purpose.
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Whatever it is,
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my dear friends,
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remember that God woke you.
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He sent you into the wilderness
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to grow closer to Him.
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Not to get stuck, though.
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Not to go around
in circles.
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It can be scary,
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it can be lonely
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but we must
keep going.
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In the Gospels,
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Jesus goes out into the wilderness, too.
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He goes there to be tempted by the devil
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and He overcomes
the trials.
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My dear friends,
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He does so by setting His eyes firmly
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on the promises
of His Father,
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showing us how to overcome
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the wilderness as well.
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The wilderness is a place for us to change.
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To listen.
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To really listen.
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Out here, the noise of the world fades away.
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Our heart speaks
its true desires.
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We can finally hear the voice of the one
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who is calling us home.
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A home prepared
for us
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before we were
ever born.
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My dear friends,
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I’m urging you to come with me
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on this journey.
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Let’s find our way home to God.
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Whether you are here,
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or here,
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or here.
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Because, like you,
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I want my life to
mean something.
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I want a life of purpose,
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of dignity,
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a life that is a gift
to others.
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And if we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus,
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He will guide us home.
