“WATER”

Me-Maw Thoughts

December 3, 2024

Number 712///

Last night I was going to make a cup of decaf coffee. We have a coffee pot that uses k-cups. I poured in the water, inserted the k-cup, and pushed start.

I left the room and when I came back in to retrieve the needed cup of coffee, behold the coffee cup was sitting on the counter and coffee was all over the counter, under the pot and there was a mess.

Yes! I had not put the cup in its place to catch the coffee!

I had to clean the counter, under the pot and even though I could soak most of it up with paper towels, I had to use plain water to wash away all the remaining mess!

We use plain water for showers, rinsing our mouths after brushing our teeth, washing our hands, washing clothes, boiling eggs, or other things.

We mix water with other items to make, coffee, tea, Kool-Aid, hot chocolate, all kinds of food and the list goes on!

Clean water is such an important part of our daily lives we forget how much we depend on it.

That brings me to my thoughts for today!

The Bible tells us that our Spirits need water: the water of the word of God, the Bible!

Ephesians 5:26 (KJV)

 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

This cleansing is talking about the followers of Jesus, the true Church! We are cleansed from all that keeps us from living a life that glorifies Jesus and sets us free to be all that He created us to be!

We need to read and meditate on the Bible some each day and commit our days to live for Him and He will clean up the messes we make and those not of our own making and let the truth of His word, the pure water of the word, make us clean!

John 4:14 (KJV)

 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Jesus gives us life from the inside out and as we live in this life and pick up messes from the culture we live in of attitudes or worries or concerns, and even messes of life we make, time in the pure word of God refocuses our soul, spirit and body and makes us clean!

Just as we need to clean our bodies each day: the innermost part of us, the real us, needs to be cleansed and renewed each day!

In this busy season we are in, it is easy to get sidetracked from a daily time in the Bible. The Bible is a road map and is the water of real life. It will guide you and fill you with peace, as you grasp with a fresh understanding of how much the creator of the universe loves you!

Make the time daily, to be washed in the pure water of the word of God! If nothing else read some of the Psalms David wrote and let the God David depended on give you peace deep inside.

I challenge you in this season when we celebrate the Birth of our Savior that we do not let the task of the season crowd out the reason for the season.

May I tell you the season and life are all about Him!

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Father, thank you for your word that will give us life that flows from deep within. Thank you for not having to live one moment without your guidance as we submit each day to you. Help each of us to keep our priorities straight as we are in this busy time of the year. May each of us keep our focus on the reason for the season! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!