Oh How He Loves Us

Written March 17/2010

The last couple of days I have had off because the Malawian I work with was sick. They were great days to spend with God and with the language just learning and being taught by the creator. I spent a lot of time in music as well as in His word, however, today after I had gone out teaching and had eaten lunch, I felt unsatisfied and didn't know that to do. While I was reading Little Women, I ended up falling alseep and woke up just as the rain was beginning to fall. The rainy season here is almost over and so it has been dry and hot the last couple of days and the rain was just like a quenching cup of water in the desert. As I was sitting there I began hmming "How He Loves Us" by David Crowder Band, so I grabbed my computer and thankful that I had the song on my computer, play it. I eventually put it on repeat. I sat and watched the rain for a little but realized that I was not content just sitting, watching and smelling this beautiful rain, so I got up and went outside in the rain (contrary to Malawian culture). Standing barefoot in the grass and then mud, I was so happy and content that I was consciously trying to feel the rain on my face and hands and the mud between my toes and with that my heart began to be filled with joy. The song playing in the background was very fitting. Thank-you God for your quenching rain and even more so for how You can truly quench each one of us. You are the living water and I am so thankful for You. Just like humans cannot live many days without earthly water, I believe that I needed this reminder to always remember how badly I thirst for Him. I also realized that if I had an overflowing jug of water in a desert, I would not just keep it all to myself, but rather, I would share it with those who thirst just as I do. Therefore, I have renewed vigour to share the Living Water with everyone who thirsts for Him with me! Oh how He loves us!