So Thirsty...

I had a wonderful quiet time today learning about John the Baptist – I am studying Luke . It never ceases to amaze me how the Word of God is living and comes alive in new ways. I feel as though, I am sitting under a faucet with my mouth open – in a spiritual sense. I remember when I was young doing that very thing with the outside spicket on our house. It was a small white cape cod with the black shutters in Grandville –all the neighbor kids would gather there at our house to play kick the can. We would run and play until we were so thirsty, that we formed a line to get to the spicket. The spicket water- how fresh the water tasted … it was cold, crisp and smelled wonderful. We would let the water run for a time, to make sure there were no foreign things in the faucet that did not belong! The water was so refreshing after playing hard on a hot summer night.

Spiritually and emotionally, I have been running hard – I am grateful for the time to refresh and rest my soul under the healing flow of the Word and Spirit. There are days I have felt the presence of the Spirit so heavy on my heart that I have wept and laid prostrate for hours. There are moments when I feel the anointing of the Spirit wash over me like rain, I walk around with goose bumps and have wanted to burst out laughing! I wished to be able to share with someone what is happening and what I am feeling and experiencing, and then I hear the Lord gently say: this is our time to share, just be still and enjoy. This may sound strange - it likely is! At times -I cry one minute and laugh another, and then the release comes and I feel the comfort and peace. I know that people are praying us through these hours and days of discouragement… I am in awe and humbled by the mercy of our Lord.