Good morning…
Four days out of each week, I teach Bible studies in our home. I arrange the furniture for my different groups, welcoming between 10 and 25 women, one morning and three afternoons. I put out a platter of healthy finger foods, a transparent pitcher of ice water with orange slices, and, on my stove, I heat two kettles of water to bring to life my extensive collection of teas. For an hour and half, we gather, we socialize, and we uncover together the deep wisdom of God’s Spirit alive within our midst. Jesus’ promise comes true each and every time we meet, “For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them,” Matthew 18:20 (NLT).
After the taillights of the final car have left my neighborhood, I put furniture back in order, I store the extra food for the following day, and I allow the ice to melt and the hot water to cool, each extreme naturally finding rest at room temperature. After the sun goes down, I carry my pitcher and my kettles outside into the brisk evening air and I saturate my potted plants with the leftover water. Not a drop of living water is wasted, consumed by friends or by flowers before each day is done.
…Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink! He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water,” John 7:37b-38 (AMP),
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