What the Drought Uncovered
A few years ago the water level at Lake Mead dropped to the lowest point in its history.
The shoreline pulled back hundreds of feet.
Boat ramps ended in sand.
White mineral lines traced the canyon walls showing where the water used to be.
But the most striking discovery was not the landscape.
It was what appeared in the mud.
Barrels surfaced.
Inside them were bodies.
Cars missing for decades came back into view.
Stories people assumed were gone forever slowly emerged from the lakebed.
The water had been covering them.
Until it wasn’t.
Drought has a way of exposing what abundance can hide.
I have noticed the same thing in life.
When everything is full, it is easy to assume everything inside us is fine too.
Success can cover things.
Comfort can cover things.
Momentum can cover things.
But when the water drops, the truth shows up.
Motives.
Fears.
Habits we thought were buried.
The drought did not create those things.
It simply made them visible.
And maybe that is the invitation hidden inside the hard seasons of life.
Instead of rushing to refill the lake, we pause.
We ask God to show us what has been sitting beneath the surface.
Because what He reveals
He can redeem.
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