沙漠 Desert
听到沙漠，你会想到什么？
很炎热？干燥？风沙滚滚？不舒服的感觉。。。
When you hear the mentioning of desert, what would you think of?
Scorching heat? Dryness? Sand and dust everywhere? Not a very comfortable feeling…
我相信住在沙漠一定很辛苦，但给我们这些游客，就会大惊小怪，急着拍照片留念，然后再急忙找个阴凉处躲避强烈的太阳，几分钟都受不了。。。旅行车里的冷气真的是奢侈享受。
I believe it must be very tough to live in the desert, but for us tourists, we were like very excited and thrilled and in a hurry to take photos, but after that in a hurry to look for a cool shelter from the scorching sun, could not even stand a few minutes… the air-conditioner in the tour coach was such a luxury.
所以，华语经典歌有一首叫“热情沙漠”。。。唱着“我的热情好像一盆火，燃烧了整个沙漠”。。。感觉这个热情一定叫人很难受，哈哈。。。
A classic Chinese song sings “my passion and love is like the fire burning up the entire desert”… feels like a very uncomfortable passion to me, haha!
但是再炎热、干燥、不舒服，沙漠也还是有它独特的地方，也有它的美丽和用处。。。
至少它让我们这热带雨林来的游客很开心和赞赏！
But no matter how hot, dry or uncomfortable it is, the desert still has its uniqueness, beauty and usefulness…
At least it makes tourists from the tropical rainforests like us very happy and impressed!
无法想像当初以色列人如何能在沙漠旷野漂流与生存四十年，上帝如何保守和供应给他们！神真的是又信实、又真实！
所以，神既然在那么恶劣的环境都能够照顾和赐福当时那超过百万人的百姓，更何况今天的你和我呢？
I cannot imagine how the Israelites could wander and survive in the desert wilderness for forty years, how God protected and provided for them! God is indeed very faithful and very true!
So if God could take care of and bless more than a million of His people then in such a hostile environment, all the more He could do the same for you and I today!
因此，如果你现在正在处于一个艰难，仿佛走投无路的状况或环境，记得来到上帝面前歇一歇脚，再仰望祂的真实、信实和伟大！
Therefore, if you are currently in a very difficult and hopeless situation or condition, remember to come to God to rest and once again look upon His reality, faithfulness and greatness!
只要你坚持相信，祂答应你必为你在旷野开道路，在沙漠开江河！
As long as you persevere in believing, He has promised to make a way in the desert and streams in the wilderness for you!
