Gracious Speech
Once we lived in a house that received its water from a small spring, trickling from the mountainside above it. The water ran from the spring into a holding tank located just downhill from it, and was then gravity-fed further downhill through pipes that led to our faucets.
In theory, the system was ingenious. In practice, it was dismal. For one thing, the spring was seasonal and, in dry summer months, it was not uncommon to turn on the tap and get nothing. Another problem was that the holding tank was exposed to the elements and, when the temperature went below zero in that mountainous zone, the holding tank turned into a very large icecube, once again leaving us with no water for washing, cooking and bathing. Yet another problem arose when, on occasion, we neglected to chlorinate the water adequately and some foreign object (like, say, a salamander practicing his breast stroke) fouled the water. Then, we would quickly see that a little contamination in the depths of the water system affected what came out all through the house.
Hmmm...starting to sound familiar? Bring to mind anything Jesus said, or something elsewhere in the Scripture? If so, TELL US ABOUT IT!
In other words, finish this thought for me, from the Bible and from your own life. It'll help me, and lots of others too.
Waiting to hear from you,
Preston
1 comment:
Ding Ding Ding! I recall a verse that you shared with Max and me during our wedding that I have engraved inside my wedding ring. "Watch over your heart with all diligence,
for from it flow the springs of life. " Proverbs 4:23
BTW, I remember being scared to take baths in that water b/c I saw something on the news about radon being in water. That water had a distinct aroma to it which made me convinced that it had radon in it! LOL.
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