Take a sip
of water. Let it work it’s magic. It does a lot more than take away thirst. It
renews tissues and organs. It moistens the eyes, brain and spinal column. It
aids in digestion and elimination. It lubricates joints and regulates
temperature. Without water, our lives are in danger.
Jesus asks
her for a drink, but it turns out that he has something to give her. If she
would ask him, he would give her living water. “Whoever drinks the water I
shall give will never thirst..” Sir,
give me this water that I may not be thirsty.”
We all
thirst, don’t we? There is a thirst in every human heart. Bruce “Everybody has
a hungry heart.”We are thirsting for something, something that will satisfy all
our human longings.
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Some
seek the water of praise to quench lack of self esteem
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Some
water of success to quench thirst for self importance
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Some
water of pleasure to quench thirst for happiness.
Some
disappear into a world of drugs, pornography, violence. Someone here seems to
die from heroin every month. I read how one young man died after playing a
video game 24 hours straight.
But we find
ourselves still thirsty. Each person has an emptiness, a “holy longing” that we
choose to fill with either good or evil.
There is a hole that we believe only God can fill. St. Augustine “You were within me, but I
was outside, and it was there that I searched for you!”
Only God can
give us what we are looking for. This is why we are here. We are not doing God any favors by coming to
church. By coming it helps us always to
remember who we are and who we are called to be!! Pray, fasting and almsgiving keeps us on
the right path. It helps us make good
choices, and it gives great example to others.
