Springs of Living Water
Day 89 of Photo Inspirations — Springs of Living Water
Each year I MUST have my annual family photo taken. This one was at the BOK Bear Plaza fountain. To my grandchildren’s delight, the fountain wasn’t on, so they could climb all over the bears. It made for such a great family adventure.
I passed by that landmark just a few days ago and the waters were flowing freely. I thought about my photo moments just a few months before, but I also thought about the free-flowing “Living Water”. This is Holy Week, the last week of Christ’s life, remembering especially His passion and resurrection, and the “Living Water” He gave during His short 33 years of life on earth.
He had been the “Living Water” to those He healed, those He restored to life, those He gave a new future, and those He forgave and made whole. And those who drank His living water, never thirst again.
I think about the story of the woman of Samaria who had made many mistakes, and when she came to the well for natural water, she left with “Living Water”. Her story is our story too. It’s a story where God finds us also worthy of His love in spite of our mistakes. As a result of the encounter with Jesus, she, who had been an outcast from her own people, found out what TRUE LOVE is all about. To be wanted, to be cared for when no one, not even herself, could see anything of value in her — was grace indeed. Jesus told her: “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks THE water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, THE water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. John 4:13
And, THAT “Living Water” she experienced could not be held in, she became an evangelist of Jesus when she ran to tell others about Him. “Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony” John 4:39-42
And those words are an invitation that should echo in our ears, too. Jesus stands at the doors of our hearts, offering to us these “living waters”. “If ANYONE is thirsty, let him come to ME and drink.” The first requirement is thirst. It is an inate part of our humanity — to have a spiritual thirst. And, that thirst, is what we bring to our relationship with God. Drinking that LIVING WATER means aligning with Him, trusting Him, receiving, and believing in Him. When we believe, we open our hearts to receive what his grace offers. I urge you today…”Come on in…..THE WATER IS FINE!”