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Satiated

All floods are not equal.  

Right now our ground is satiated; rivers, lakes and dams are full.   The flooding caused by all of this water is devastating for many.  

It seems like another time when our area was dying from a long drought.  Even the experts said that it would take years to refill Lake Mac and yet today we are worried when the wind comes up and the waves lap onto the road.

I wondered as I drove across the state yesterday if the water is just moving through quickly or does it find it's way to the groundwater and is it recharging our ground with life giving moisture?  That is where water makes the largest life giving difference.  Water that seeps through the topsoil and the rocks to the aquifer below us is critical to our future.

Farmers and ranchers and naturalist know it takes vision to see past what is right in front of us.  Vision to look past quick yields and quick gains on cattle at the risk of losing the land.

As I read this morning a quote from a man from a restricted nation as his congregation received Bibles.  

He said, "May peace be with you!  Thank God!  We have received that treasure you donated.  Thank you for supplying us with spiritual food so that we did not feel hungry anymore.  I will make more people get these spiritual food and eternal life.  We will never let you down.  We will read this precious book carefully to preach gospels widely to make more people's spiritual lives grow up." (www.biblesunbound.com)  

Then I looked across the table to my neglected Bible. 

We are surrounded by a flood of information.  So much is running by us that it is creating damage and satiating us to the point of not having any room for real life giving water.  

The Living Water.  The water that can seep into our soul, our minds and our hearts.  Let's have a vision for the future of our lives and our families, our churches, our communities and our nation.  

Let's not overgraze on past spiritual food until we are wiped out with erosion and every ounce of nutrient is gone.

Let His water seep in and through us.



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