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To end several posts delighting in the Word, a poem based on Psalm 19:7-11.

You know that thought you sometimes get when you are just leisurely reading through a Bible passage, and, then, suddenly, your mind says, wait a minute, He’s talking to me! You pause, you go back, read it again . . . sure enough, He’s talking to me. That happened this morning, and actually, I think He was talking to us – the Grace family -- so I’ll share it.

In a recent post, we looked at the picture of Christ coming into the world as light reaching into and overcoming our darkness. Today, I want to celebrate one of my favorite metaphors for Jesus – the Fountain of Living Water. It is dear to me. I think about this image of Jesus many times a day. The thought of Jesus as the well-spring of my life keeps me going. It keeps me cool and satisfied. And, if you make it a part of your daily thoughts, it will for you as well!

Let me start this post with a question: as human beings, what rights do we have before God? I’m not going to give you an answer, but I’ll give you a hint. A word-picture. When my boys were younger, they used to play flashlight tag all the time around our house and neighborhood. The game is simple. Find a dark area of the house or yards, and one kid is “it” with a flashlight. Everyone else scatters into the darkness and hides.

Jesus’ parable is less than one line (in my extra-large print Bible). Yet, it packs a sobering punch. If we listen to and follow teachers that are spiritually blind, we are heading for calamity. Who is guiding you will have a huge impact on where you are led.