SOMETHING IN THE WATER By Sally I. Kennedy

"If you knew the gift of God... you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." John 4:10

Large clumps of hot pink pentas are planted in the round clay pots on our back deck. They are hardy flowers, as well as butterfly attractors. Yesterday afternoon I was in the yard and noticed all the brown leaves on them. “It looks as if they’re dying”, I thought. “What in the world?”

An instant replay ran in my mind. The kids making dirt pies and leaves and flower soup over in that area. And oh yes, helping Grandma water the plants! That means taking bucketsful of pool water and dumping them on the pentas.

For a time, the plants flourished. Apparently, however, there is something in the water that didn’t agree with them, perhaps the chlorine in the pool water. And it got ‘em.

Living water; we all need it. If you’re drinking any other kind, it will eventually get ya. And the good news is that the ‘something’ in living water is available for free, to anyone, anytime.