Streams in the Desert is a daily devotional that was originally published by Lettie Burd Cowman in 1925. - Isaiah 35:6.
The title of her book comes from the old Testament book of Isaiah, The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and Streams will water the desert.
God gave me streams.
Cowman often said, I didn\'t write Streams.
She never intended for the book to become famous, though many still find a revitalizing connection through Streams , because, it speaks so clearly to those who have difficulty relating their own sufferings to the noble and eternal purposes of a loving and all-wise God.
When Charles\' condition failed to improve, Lettie began writing Streams as a source of comfort, based on the couple\'s newfound hardship and continued fellowship with the Divine.
She was co-founder of the Oriental Missionary Society (later known as OMS International, and eventually the One Mission Society), and served as a Christian missionary in China and Japan, from 1901 until 1918, until her husband\'s declining health motivated them to return to the States.
Streams in the Desert is a daily devotional that was originally published by Lettie Burd Cowman in 1925
