It was HOT today

Ok, this summer has not been a hot one as a whole.  Texas has had a mild summer which is definitely a welcomed change in the grand scheme of things.  This afternoon, I stood outside and sorted through somebody from church's stuff that they were getting rid of.  I was in the garage for about 2 hours and it was HOT.  By the time I got home I was very thirsty.  I drank about half a gallon of water.  I could not drink fast enough.

Thirst is a funny thing.  Often times when we find ourselves thirsty, we grab the closest thing possible.  I am not sure it always quenches our thirst.

I just started a book about thirst.  It is not thirst like you quench with liquid.  It is a thirst for God.  We all thirst for something.  We all find a void that must be filled with something.

Too often in my life, I have filled that void with the wrong things.  Too often I have found whatever I am filling that void with does not quench my thirst.  Sometimes it even does the contrary.  Many times whatever we "fill" our thirst will make us thirstier.

For the past few months, I have found myself parched.  I am not sure I understood it.  I am not sure I wanted to even admit it.  Admitting that you are not as close as you want to be with God is disheartening.  Jesus tells of the Samaritan woman at the well.  Jesus says that he provides the water to quench her thirst.  She says well give it to me so I don't have to keep coming back to the well everyday.

We want the easy answer.  We want the thirst to be filled instantly.  We of course don't want to work to quench that thirst.  All we have to do is drink some Gatorade, right?

 The thing I  constantly need to be reminded of is that my thirst needs to be quenched daily.  Daily I return to God to spend time in God's presence.  Daily I am reminded that that time truly fills me.

AMEN