Dry and weary land...

Glancing at the date on my last entry, I'm a little surprised by the time that has rushed past since I wrote last. I never intended this to be a 'to do' project... actually, quite the opposite. I was drawn by the idea that this could be an outlet of written expression - totally of my own making. No guidelines to follow, no deadlines to meet. Just words at my own whim.

And yet...

I do feel a little pressed to make an entry. Not as much for any readers that might happen by... but really more for myself. I have found it very intriguing, this 'blogging' process. In some mysterious way, as my fingers make the keystrokes, something often 'clicks' into place in my thoughts... inside my spirit. I could use that today. So, here I am... typing, thinking.

See, I've been feeling... well, a little spiritually 'dry' lately... thirsty. I found this verse in Psalm 63 that has captured my thoughts ...

O God, you are my God,

earnestly I seek you;

my soul thirsts for you,

my body longs for you,

in a dry and weary land

where there is no water.

I felt the resonance of that passage as it seemed to bring some thoughts into focus for me. This one came to mind quickly...

I'm a bit of a news hound. I like newspapers, news broadcasts, news websites. It's a strange thing really, because I don't really retain much of it. I just like it. But, I'll admit, it's not necessarily a good thing... especially the 'doom & gloom' news we hear constantly right now. Quite literally, we are bombarded with it 24/7: economy, politics, foreign relations, polls, opinions, natural disasters, man-made disasters... on & on it goes.... and all up-to-the-minute!

I'm thinking it's kind of like the effects of alchohol, this steady stream of information. It can feel satisfying for the moment... but, in reality, it's actually accelerating our emotional & spiritual dehydration.

I don't know.... maybe I'm over analyzing it. But even so, it doesn't really take much thought to find the solution. If you're dry & thirsty... water is the obvious solution. And, if you're in a spiritual desert of sorts?

How about Living Water? God, in the old testament, calls Himself "the spring of living water". And, probably more familiar to us... Jesus speaks of it in the NT, as well...

John 4:10 "Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."

But, as easy an answer as that sounds... why is it that we often bypass Him in our search to cure our thirst? Or, worse... just plop down on the dry, hard ground & sit a while... strangely, opting *not* to drink from this water there for the asking?

That's a question worth thinking about...