Life Giving Water

Some parts of the country have had record draughts this year. They have dangerously low water tables & shortages of water. In our own state that’s far from the case. Area dams are almost at 100% capacity & rives are in flood stage with waters far exceeding the banks. Many homes have been flooded. Some have even lost their life from raging flood waters.

The past few years I’ve helped with Katrina disaster relief in several ways. I plan to return this summer bringing a group to help finish one of the destroyed churches. (If interested in this mission project contact me!) Many their lost their lives as the waters reached into the rafters of homes & overtook houses. Ironically, with all of that water many were parched & near death from dehydration. The water all around them was stagnant & life-threatening. Workers couldn’t hand out water fast enough. Publish Post

While in life’s storms we think little of the need for water, but after the storms pure water is crucial for life. I worked with a young student one time that went on a mission trip to Mexico. Someone had switched signs for “agua pure”(pure water) with the runoff water. The young man’s intestines were attacked & he almost died.

Jesus met a woman who had been beaten in life’s storms & moral problems. She was reduced to going at the hottest part of day to draw well water when no one was around. No one except Jesus that is. After a discourse on water & religion Jesus finally cut straight to her need:
Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” John 4:13-14 NLT
The woman found ‘water’ that would quench the thirst of her life that day. She left the well, and her water jar, to share with everyone she knew this life giving water!

This Thursday we’ll be out at ASU-Newport helping with Spring Fling. We’ll pass out water for the games & fun, but we’re there to share the true ‘life-giving water’ of Christ.

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