“Jesus answered her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is that ask you for a drink, you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.” John 4:10 (NIV)
Tiny little feet hovered over the edge. Desperate and thirsty, she lingered though parched lips tasted nothing. Peering down, she dipped lower just in case the oasis existed – attempting to dance in the slightest puddle. Dreaming of the possibility only to greet reality – what she longed for didn’t exist. And then she flew away. Didn’t she know I was watching out my window? Didn’t she hear me open the door and move towards her? Or maybe it was my closeness that sent her flying away. Didn’t she know that I had what she longed for? Even though she was gone, I filled the birdbath and slipped away anticipating her return. Moments later, I could hear the splash of not one but many. Looking out my window, I saw the glory – the glory God sees when we are quenched. When parched lips that have tasted nothing peer over the edge hoping, dreaming, expecting, wanting. I heard what God hears –the splash of laughter and feet dancing in the sheer joy of being refreshed, drenched in His love. All we longed for and thought never existed. All we searched for and attempted to fulfill. All the wondering if God knew, if God heard, if God would move on our behalf splashes around us. Living water quenching our thirst – and God smiles as we bring others to taste His goodness.
“Father, I come to You for I know You satisfy. I’m thirsty but I know Your love will not run dry – You’re all my heart is living for.”
For His Glory
Janet Martin
TRBC Coffee Break
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if we knew…again that big word if, why did Jesus use it, why did he not say “You know the gift of God and who I am, so just ask and I would of given to you freely, as I rest securely in his arms because after all that is all I really want?
By: amylou10 on July 10, 2014
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