the desert time

I was reading the book of Hosea the other day and God's tenderness overwhelmed me...read this for yourself: Hosea 2:14-19 (my comments are in light color)
"Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. (some of us may go through the desert- the place where life is heating up, the place of thirst, the place of hunger and low energy,the place where you are tempted to give up the most, but this is the exact place where the LORD is going to speak to you tenderly. Take courage, beloved, His voice is going to heal you!)
There I will give her back her vineyards (all the things that the enemy stole from you, God is giving you back in the desert! who would've thought that the desert can be a place of treasures!?),and will make the Valley of Achor (which in Hebrew means "trouble") a door of hope (how many of us are going through trouble? Just think how God can turn your trouble into hope! oh, my God is so good!).
There she will sing as in the days of her youth,as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(the desert is the place where you take your vocal lessons ;) He will put a new song in your heart and make sure the vocal cords of your heart are capable of carying the tune ).
"In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call me 'my husband'; you will no longer call me 'my master.
I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;no longer will their names be invoked.
In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.
I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.
I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the LORD.
"In that day I will respond," declares the LORD........(He will respond to you! what is it that you're asking Him? does it feel like the wind and the sand and the dry heart are going to rob you of His voice? we have a sure promise- HE WILL RESPOND!)
but wait! there is more!!!! :):):)
If you read the rest of the chapter, the end result of the desert is the new wine and oil a.k.a. fresh anointing, fresh joy and strength and in v.23 God said "and I will plant her for Myself". May be some of us are in the process of transition- new place, new job, new situation- whatever it is that is NEW, I believe that God is in the process of planting you in the new soil so that you will bear much fruit for Him and while you're waiting, enjoy His tender voice! After all is done, you will have brand new spiritual diamond on your finger :) He said He will betroth you to Himself there! And let me tell you- 5,6,7 karat is nothing to Him! He is going to give you MORE than you expect!