Lenten Word 23: Water

We take water for granted until we need it. We wash our hands whenever we want or need; we can pour water for ourselves to drink without a second thought, and we water our lawns like there's no tomorrow. But when we live in areas affected by drought, and restrictions are placed on our habits, we know the preciousness of water.

Water is precious to our lives. Humans cannot survive without water. If you have ever had an illness or a procedure where you could not drink water, ice chips do not cut it; you want to gulp down cool water for your thirst. You do not like to await that first drink, and you are so happy and blessed when it finally arrives.

Our Lenten Journey should remind us of Jesus' assertion that He is living water. Re-read John 4 and Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman, and in the last book of the Bible, Revelation 22:17 we find these words, "And let them who are thirsty come, let them who desires take the water of life without price.

No meal is complete without water in my opinion nor a life without the living waters of Jesus Christ.