I was excited and nervous and anxious and fearful all at the same time. This was a school assignment that I had to do and thought how great it would be to get away from everything for just a day by myself to think and meditate on things. Anxious as I was to start the day, I was delayed by normal Mom things in the morning, but once I got in my car to go I started to wonder where God was going to take me today. I was certainly looking for direction but I seemed to be only thinking of past mistakes that felt as if they were new all over. If you know me at all, I got lost trying to find the beach, which again took me to the whole thought of direction and me being directionally challenged. I finally found where I wanted to be and then was nervous about venturing out by myself, so I went to the Nature Center...my comfort zone.
I tought about the paths each of our decisions take us and also thought about the narrow path to God and the distractions, the ups and downs, the temporary road blocks and even the times where we go down the path in faith. I took one path in particular that reminded me of the importance of water. Even when we don't see the water it is still there somewhere...sometimes underground, sometimes waiting in the sky to bring life and to feed those things around it. I associated that thought with Jesus and even when we don't see him or feel him, we know he is there by the beauty that is constantly around us. This may be in our children, or our friends, the love of our spouse, or in the natural beauty of our surroundings. I could go on, but let me wrap it up showing you the sign that I came across after I made this analogy in my mind.
There is no purer water than the living water of Jesus Christ and the existence he offers us is eternal life. What a day!
3 comments:
Kathleen, Great insight. btw, thanks for your prayers. We appreciate you!. love, D
And I also can't help but think of water washing away things and making it clean again. The past stuff is gone.
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