Playground of God

A rented car, a day’s trip planned for the Valley of Fire in the Mohave Desert. A thought back to Moses as I was walking, 40 days and 40 nights, not even imaginable. When Moses became full-grown, he became very distressed at seeing his own people suffer under the hands of the Egyptians. During one of these times, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrew men. Moses became so furious at seeing this injustice, that he killed the Egyptian who had been beating up his fellow brother.


After killing this Egyptian man, the Pharaoh then finds out about it and seeks to have Moses killed. At this point, Moses flees into the desert into a place called Midian. He then lives in the desert for 40 years until God calls him out to deliver His people from their slavery to the Egyptians. After 40 years of Moses being in the desert, God hears the cries of His people under their Egyptian bondage. God first makes contact with Moses through a burning bush. Initially an angel of the Lord appears to Moses in a “flame of fire from the midst of a bush.” This bush is burning with fire, but the bush itself is not being consumed by the fire!


Dry air, thistles, desert creatures about foot, shrubs that have lost their color, however a back drop that will take your breath away, rendering you speechless. Thinking of Moses here for those 40 days gave me a completely new respect for the desert. I found myself looking for God, hoping He would speak to me as well.


The vibrant red rocks that have formed themselves over the years, resembling homes, animals, leaning towers reaching for the heavens. Then you have those with holes, like windows looking out over the vast land of dryness. The creepy creatures that have embedded themselves into the caves of the rocks, looming about just waiting for you . If only I could climb to the top. As I snap picture after picture I see a huge dry bed, my mind wonders to when Jesus parted the red sea, a reminder that this dry desert used to be under water. Only God could create this beauty.

The fiery red rock against the sun reflecting shadows against the lower rocks. A rare beauty just formations left behind from the water of past.

This valley of fire is right outside of Las Vegas Nevada, once outside of the city you get lost in its beauty, the quietness and the quaintness. I found the desert to be a great place to reflect on you and realize just how gracious our Heavenly Father is. The beauty is amazing.