I don't know if this is what Isaiah meant by streams in the desert - the barren landscape flush with unexpected color - green and yellow, pink and white - but maybe it is an iteration of it.
Isaiah (or Deutero Isaiah or whomever) speaks of binding that which is broken, of strengthening that which is weak and somehow, by taking steps toward the reversal of fortunes, the unexpected takes root and blooms in barrenness - the warmth of summer juxtaposed against the snows of winter.
A baby becomes the King, a lion grows to be the Lamb, a star in the night sky brightens to be The Light of the World.
"Have you not seen, have you not heard, how God has reversed the fortunes of God's people?
- Written around November 2019, like as part of a devotional for Central Lex
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