Thirsty Thursday (Revisited)

While trying to decide if I want to get back to blogging, I decided to revisit some of the posts I made. This was one of my favorites! I'm thankful that Andrea Deckard of MommySnacks.net is writing a series on blogging. I think I am getting inspired again, but perhaps with a little more direction. We shall see. . . Anyway, hope you enjoy reading this (again).

When I was in college, the weekend meant consuming mass quantities of alcohol. And since Thursday was almost Friday and Friday began the weekend, why not begin drinking on Thursday. Hence, "Thirsty Thursdays" were born. You can see how this sort of logic became a problem for me. . . Anyway, fast forward about 15 years (really, I just did that math and I cannot believe it) and my thirst, although still unquenchable, is for something entirely different, but in many ways even more intoxicating.

Like the Psalmist, "My soul thirsts for God, for the living God." (42:2a) That space in my soul that I once attempted to fill with many, many things is now overflowing with Living Water. Just as Jesus explained to the Samaritan woman, "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 4:14) So, although I no longer celebrate "Thirsty Thursdays" with the same exuberance of my 20's, I now partake daily from the Living Word, Jesus Christ, through the written Word, the Bible. I have discovered it is possible to be completely satiated, yet overwhelmingly thirsty at the same time.

Are you thirsty today? Indulge in a little Living Water--you'll be hooked!