Today I watched the rain fall today on the parched grass, and the thirsty wheatfields with some pleasure for in this part of the country we have had very little rain in the last six weeks and the ground has been crying out for it.

Water is such an important thing for us isn't it. Over the weekend with scorching temperatures, I foolishly didn't drink enough and by the end of the day was aching and irritable. Fields full of crops are struggling for lack of water, and gardens are looking pretty droopy.

 

When Jesus travels to Samaria he meets the woman at the well and asks her for water.Knowing the importance of water in her life and that of her village he surprises her by telling her of a water she can drink and never be thirsty again. It must have been confusing for her to understand, in fact it can be confusing now, but I think it is simply an illustration of how important God is in our lives, as necessary as rain to the crops and water to the woman.

 ^"Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."John 4 vs 13-14