I asked a simple question.
“How would you describe your single season?”

Three women answered with the exact same word, without knowing the others had said it too:

Desert.

One wrote that she felt completely lost. No direction, no clarity, just sand in every direction.

Another said something a little different. Still lost, in a way. But still trusting God, even without knowing where the path led.

A third described it like the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. A journey that never seems to end.

If any part of that sounds familiar, I want you to know something before we go any further.

You are not the first person of faith to feel completely lost in a desert season. And you won't be the last.

A desert season is dry. Silent. Stripped of the comforts you used to lean on.

It's disorienting, because there's no clear landmark telling you how far you've come, or how much further you have to go.

Feeling lost in it doesn't mean you're doing your faith wrong.
It might mean you're exactly where faith is meant to be tested.

Matthew 4:1 says something remarkable, easy to skip past if you've read it before.

"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil."

Led by the Spirit. Not abandoned by the Spirit. Led.

Jesus didn't wander into the desert by accident, or because God had lost track of Him. He was placed there, intentionally, before His public ministry ever began.

He fasted for forty days.
He was hungry, tired, and tempted in the most vulnerable state a person can be in. And still, He didn't perform faith.
He simply held onto truth, quoting Scripture back to the enemy each time He was tested.

Then Luke 4:14 tells us what happened next.

"Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit."

Notice the sequence. The desert came before the power. Not after it. Not instead of it. Before it.

Paul had a similar season. After his dramatic conversion, he didn't rush into ministry. Galatians 1:17 tells us he went away to Arabia, a wilderness region, before he ever began preaching publicly.

Neither of these seasons were wasted time. They were preparation, even when neither man could see what was being prepared.

Deuteronomy 8:2-3 explains this pattern plainly, describing Israel's own forty years of wandering.

"Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart."

The desert wasn't punishment… It was revelation.
It showed Israel, and it shows us, what we actually believe when the comfort is stripped away and all that's left is trust.

That's the real difference between the three women who wrote to me.
All in the same desert. But some clinging to trust anyway, even in the lostness. That posture is exactly what the desert is designed to reveal and strengthen.

1. Look for the small provisions, not just the absence of comfort. Israel had manna, daily, even in the wilderness. Look for what God is still providing right now, even if it's smaller than what you're used to.

2. Let this season teach dependence instead of rushing to escape it. Jesus didn't cut His forty days short. Some seasons aren't meant to be rushed through, they're meant to be walked through fully.

3. Bring your disorientation honestly to God, don't perform peace you don't have. You don't need to pretend you're not lost. Tell Him exactly how lost you feel. That honesty is not weak faith. It's real faith.

4. Remember the desert has an end. It is a passage, not a permanent address. Jesus came out of His forty days in power. Israel came out of the wilderness into the promised land. Your desert is not your final destination either.

If you're in a season that feels like sand in every direction, and you're ready to actually understand what God is building in you while you wait, that's exactly what I walk through in From Believing to Becoming.
It won't map out when your desert ends, but it will help you become the woman who walks out of it ready for what's next. You can grab it here.

With love and faith,
Zena