THE WATERING HOLE By Sally I Kennedy

“.... how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Luke 11:13

Here in sunny south Florida we have had the most beautiful winter. It has been cool, clear, and purely delightful. However it has been majorly dry. This morning I saw one of the squirrels, who nests high up in one of the coconut palms, coming towards the wood deck.

On the decking, there’s a defunct jacuzzi under an old canvas cover, which is so stretched it has pockets that hold water. Around dusk, both the doves and the squirrels apparently regard this as their watering hole. As this little squirrel approached, he peered into what was a pitiful tiny bit of a pool. He bent over and drank what he could. Could be my imagination, but it seemed to me he acted disappointed as he went off in search of water in some other spot.

In our country we are fortunate to usually be able to access water through faucets in our homes. Occasions such as hurricanes, water mains bursting and bacteria entering, have all brought to my attention how precious drinking water becomes when it can’t be taken for granted.

We can live without food, but not without water. Jesus said we can have ‘living water’ (John 4). Spiritually speaking, we can’t live without that kind of water, either. How fortunate we are to have free access to that ‘water’, the gift of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ.

I am so very grateful I can keep on drinking at this wonderful watering hole of living water, that our loving heavenly father has provided for all of us.