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Thursday, June 28, 2012
My part of the country is currently experiencing a severe drought. Water use is being restricted in surrounding communities, Independence Day firework displays are being cancelled, and brushfires are appearing left and right. We’re not necessarily in a state of panic yet since our life doesn’t depend on the success of our garden and drinking water is still easily accessible, but a 107° day with an even hotter forecast still ahead is enough to catch anybody’s attention.
Fortunately, the local media and governments are doing their part to make sure everybody understands their responsibilities during the drought. No unnecessary water usage, no bonfires and, as long as the excessive heat wave persists, no avoidable outdoor activity. Rain has basically been a stranger to our area for several weeks now and shows no signs of returning any time soon.
A drought of this size and intensity can hardly go unnoticed, especially when farmers play a significant role in your state’s economy. Is it possible, though, that we find it easier to worry about these natural inconveniences than our own spiritual health? How come rainfall totals can headline every newscast for a week straight, while the average person goes about their everyday life seemingly indifferent to their spiritual depravity and need for living water (John 4:10)? It’s not because either of the two are more apparent than the other; our nation has simply contented itself with ungodliness for so long that we’ve stopped seeing the need for it.
“My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”
-Psalm 42:2
However much our country’s need for God may be underestimated, we cannot afford to overlook the need for more of Him in our lives. He’s the only one capable of providing our spiritual needs and refreshing the dry and thirsty ground we’ve become so used to walking on. Just as the leaves of an old oak tree stretch toward the sky when in desperate need of rain, the solution to our barrenness can only be found by looking up.
11 comments:
I seek my Divine Water daily! Oh how sweet and refreshing HE is! ♥♥♥
Hi Dakota,
It has been a while since I have visited, I love the new blog layout!!
I have been praying for people in this drought and high temperatures, but I had no idea you were affected too. I will be keeping your family in my prayers as well.
I also see you are on twitter! I will check out your page and follow as I too am on twitter. It is a great place for witnessing. You can follow me @CPREzra823
God Bless,
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Refreshing.
we've got very high temps this week...103* today, expecting higher tomorrow
thanks for stopping by
What a wonderful post! It seems like every piece of news (whether good or bad) seems to take precedence over God. Unfortunately, I think we, as Christians, are partly to blame for not spreading the Word like we should. But as you mentioned, if we're not filling up our own spiritual tanks, we can't possibly have enough to share. Oh Lord, send the rain (both physical and spiritual)!
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We have drought conditions in our area, too. It's very serious, since we live in a farming community. I'm asking the Lord to send rain!
And asking His Spirit to fill me to overflowing, too!
Grace,
Jen
This is so true! We so easily look at the physical and what we can see because it is easier to understand. Understanding the need for Living Water can be abstract. However, once we experience a taste of the Living Water we realize our thirst for it.
I just want to acknowledge your visit & thank you for introducing yourself. I will come back as I'm typing from my cell. I don't want to rush reading your heartfelt posts. God bless.
We finally had rain last night. So very thankful. Those times of refreshing from God are precious and needed. There's an old song that says, "Drinking at the springs of living water. Happy now am I, my soul they satisfy..."
Droughts, floods and earthquakes are sings of time - I see that in this way. In the Bible we can see big connection between people's behaviour and environmental events. But those, who trust in God, need not to worry, because He is with us.
good post!I can not follow ( why?)but I do read because my sister Marjo does
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