CENTERED ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS=GOD-(Finding the LIVING WATER)

CENTERED ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS= GOD (Finding the LIVING WATER) In the Namibian Desert In South Africa There is a plant That has LIVED for over 2,000 years It has SURVIVED fires-pests- Local wars-and even The blistering heat In virtually a rain free climate “It fears NOT the heat When it comes Its leaves stay GREEN In the year of drought It shows no distress ….....” Jeremiah 17:8 MAYBE it has FOUND Something called-LIVING WATER That Jesus talks about In the 4th chapter Of Saint John's Gospel WHERE Jesus meets The SAMARITAN woman At the well “Will you give me a drink?,” Jesus asks the Samaritan woman John 4:7 She responds, “You are a Jew And I am a Samaritan woman HOW can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews did not associate with Samaritans) John 4:9 Jesus goes on to tell her About LIVING WATER As opposed to regular water “Jesus answered, 'EVERYONE who drinks this water Will be thirsty again But WHOEVER DRINKS The water I give them Will never thirst again Indeed the water I give them Will become in them A SPRING OF WATER Welling up TO ETERNAL LIFE'” John 4:13-14 By believing in Jesus By linking up And CONNECTING our lives With Jesus We can find immortality We can find eternal life ALL we have to do IS believe like Jesus LOVE LIKE Jesus We ARE so very BLESSED And in John 7:37-38 Jesus says, “Let anyone who is thirsty COME TO ME and drink Whoever believes in me As Scripture has said Rivers of LIVING WATER Will flow from WITHIN THEM” John 7:37-38 FIND that “LIVING WATER” Living within you Live FOREVER with Jesus And his Father-GOD The prophet With the 2000 year plant URGES US to plant ourselves In God Urges us To find the living water And live forever Just like the plant Is seemingly doing GROUND yourself in God ROOT yourself in God CENTER yourself-on what Really matters in life=God (and FAMILY) “Yes my soul Find REST in God My HOPE Comes from him” Psalm 62:5 “For those who find me FIND LIFE And receive favor From the Lord” Proverbs 8:35 CENTER yourself-your life On the relationship That really matters in life= GOD The SOURCE and stream Of deep-and LIFE-GIVING WATER Robert P. Wallman 2-24-16 INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.