DAD'S RAMBLINGS – The Pleasant Life
II Kings 2:19, 21
"Then the men of the city said to Elisha, 'Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground is barren.' ... Then [Elisha] went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, 'Thus says the LORD: "I have healed [margin: purified] this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness." ' "
So I ask myself, "Why would anyone build a city in a place where there is bad water?" Water is the source of life, and without it there is only death and barrenness or emptiness. No matter how "pleasant" the place is, it is not worth it. Yet I see people around me who are trying to build a pleasant, happy life, but their basic life-source is rotten. Even the most pleasant life will be empty and barren without Jesus, the Water of Life. The water needs to be purified at the source, which only the Lord God can do. It is better to live a life not so pleasant than live without Jesus.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Jesus, the Water of Life, gives purpose, and fruitfulness to an empty life.
Have a "good water" day. Love you.
II Kings 2:19, 21
"Then the men of the city said to Elisha, 'Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground is barren.' ... Then [Elisha] went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, 'Thus says the LORD: "I have healed [margin: purified] this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness." ' "
So I ask myself, "Why would anyone build a city in a place where there is bad water?" Water is the source of life, and without it there is only death and barrenness or emptiness. No matter how "pleasant" the place is, it is not worth it. Yet I see people around me who are trying to build a pleasant, happy life, but their basic life-source is rotten. Even the most pleasant life will be empty and barren without Jesus, the Water of Life. The water needs to be purified at the source, which only the Lord God can do. It is better to live a life not so pleasant than live without Jesus.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Jesus, the Water of Life, gives purpose, and fruitfulness to an empty life.
Have a "good water" day. Love you.
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