Inspiring Women Every Day is a bimonthly daily devotional written for women by women. Each issue features two different two Christian writers.

In November, Chris Ledger looks at the theme of 'wilderness times'. Taking the story of Moses leading the Israelites through the wilderness, Chris draws out insights into our own 'desert' times, when we may feel dry, hopeless or abandoned by God. She encourages us that we can find both the presence of God and life-giving 'water' in this barren place, and will emerge strengthened, changed and with a new depth of relationship with the Lord. During the weekends, Chris reflects on different aspects of water.

In December Marion Stroud writes on Waiting for God. Although she writes in Advent (a time of waiting) we see also that the rest of the year can be full of waiting too. Waiting to complete your studies, waiting for a new job, a new relationship or simply the next stage in life. Waiting can be bright with joy and excitement, or dark with fear and dread. Where are you today? Moving forward, rejoicing in a promise fulfilled, or a situation resolved, or waiting with quiet desperation, for God to do what He has promised. Are you secretly asking the question 'Will He ever come?' The Bible is all about a God who comes. Whether it is to a nation of brutalised slaves, childless couples or bereaved sisters, unlike Godot, our God always shows up.