Water is both a bane and a blessing — depending on circumstances. We have had an abundance of rain this year. Atlanta is currently above normal rainfall. Not long ago a meteorologist reported a streak of rainfall every weekend for sixteen weeks. Earlier, we had a season of drought. Plants and trees glisten green and colorful, the blessing. News reports describe other areas having drastic flooding, the bane.
Living things must have water. Sixty percent of the human body is water. To function properly, the human body must stay hydrated. Our bodies not only beg for water to drink, but also crave getting into water — the ocean, the pool, rivers, creeks, and even playing beneath yard sprinklers. Sing a strong siren song to us humans.
Growing up, I never gave thought to the source of or need for water. Water was just always there. My first memories of water for our family go way back — from the spring down the hill from our house to a well-and-bucket, still later a pitcher pump on the back porch, and finally at long last, to a large farm water tank providing “running-water”. As I Iook back, we would have laughed ourselves silly if someone had said, “I’m going to buy a bottle of water.” Buy a bottle of water? Unthinkable!
My water bill came this week. Buying water is routine; my bill automatically deducts $$$ monthly from my bank. Routine is the problem, because I seldom think about our water usage, unless the bill goes up. Yet untold numbers of people around the world must walk to a water source to get water, usually toting home their precious liquid.
Volunteer groups around the world help by drilling village water wells. Water consumption is a problem — not only in Arizona and other western areas, but here in Georgia too. Deep wells for agricultural irrigation, golf courses, and thirsty industrial plants are seriously compromising underground water aquifers.
There are over six hundred references to wells scattered throughout the Bible. Jacob’s well is the first and most recognized Biblical well because of Jesus’s encounter with a Samaritan woman in Samaria. Jesus revealed to the Samaritan woman that not only is physical water essential, but also that the water of the Holy Spirit leads to a life everlasting. We find this essential nourishment through our life in Christ.
©Copyright Willis H. Moore 2025.
Willis, thanks for this post. Your childhood memories about water, buckets, springs, creeks, etc. are like mine. I would love to have a glass of cool spring water from our farm!
It’s raining here in Pineview at the moment…and I am so happy to see the rain. It means my flowers will be at their best for me this weekend!
Continue with your weekly posts!