dry soul / living water

photo mine

i'm dry

i'm shriveled and cracked

my heart is drooping

from the weight of life

and this desert heat

is weighing down

on  e v e r y t h i n g

but especially my joy

when the sand billows up

whipping all around

driving in the cracks

of my already girtty

stale and burning heart

it's all too easy

to succumb to the desert  

i'm dry

i'm dry- and thirsty

i just want water

but to find it

i have to know 

just how to get it

i have to want it

enough to get it

i have to search and look

and drive in deep

and only then can

it satisfy and fulfill

when i've taken it up

it's now mine

but yet

if i didn't want it

so desperately 

i wouldn't be seaching

so it's really this way:

the water calls to me

come, drink

you're dry

and i realize it

i want it

so i search for it

and finally, i find it

i didn't know what

i really needed

or even that i was dry

i was just in need

but it called 

and only then

was i fulfilled

i'm satisfied

with living Water

i'm satisfied

and i'll never be thirsty

 since i'll never be dry again

i'm satisfied 

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. // John 4:14

 and He said to me, “it is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. to the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. // Revelation 21:6

when the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. // Isaiah 41:17-18 

right here

via 

right here

is where the pain is

so why go somewhere else

to try to help heal

what is abundantly spread

right here?

right here

is where the hope is

so why go to something else

to try to fill the space

that's already being filled

right here?

right here

is where you are

so why go someplace else

to try to find another reality

when you really are made for

right here?

right here

is where you belong

so please don't run from it

let's learn to live in it

live here, live well, live now

right here

thoughts: change and two years

[ all images are mine]

US 

 uncertain // unsteady // alternating // changeable // wavering// inconsistent // irresolute // unstable // fluctuating // erratic // variable // changing 

GOD

enduring // eternal // immutable // changelesss // consistent // continuing // fixed // imperishable // invariable // lasting // perpetual   // unfading // unfailing // unfluctuating // unvarying // constant // unchanging 

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. // Hebrews 13:8 

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation of shadow due to change. // James 1:17

I really don't know where this is going. And I definitely don't want to be depressing, but somehow, contrasting God with us little tiny humans makes me amazed all over again. 

The fact that we, as humans, change is not always a bad thing. However, it's a relief to know that something -Someone- out there does not, will not, and will never change. Change isn't always bad, but sometimes (okay, make that usually) it's hard. And having something solid to cling to, to trust to, to run to, makes all the difference. 

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The two years part of the title? Yes, this little corner of the internet has been around for two years already, and I can't believe it. Blogging started out as something to do "because it was cool". Now, blogging is something to do because it's just a tiny little way that I can share with others about the amazing God who loves me. 

In just two years, A Purpose and A Promise has undergone quite a few changes (speaking of that subject). I hope, though, that the basic message has not: living for God is our ultimate purpose in life, because He's the One who's given us our ultimate promise. My life is not perfect, nor is this blog perfect, but we have a perfect God who sticks with us no matter what, and I hope that's what you've glimpsed through this blog!

Anyway, I want to say a huge thank-you to every one of you who have read, followed, commented, or in any other way supported and encouraged this little blog. You are such a blessing! Getting followers is no longer why I blog, but the fact that 64 people would take the time to click follow is  humbling, inspiring, and encouraging. Seriously- thank you. xx