The Water of Life

I was recently reminder of my childhood by reading a post from a friend. The memory of my childhood is of a stream on the side of a mountain in southwest Utah, I was thinking of that stream and how the stones that where on the bottom where worn smooth, and of the rocks that where on the sides of the stream that are just half way into the water where worn but still had some rough edges , and then of the ones that are still further from the stream, with their jagged edges and rough surface that can cut and scrap your skin. This image brought me to a vision of how Christ works on us.
We as Christians that are deep in Christ are the stones that are on the bottom of the stream, the love of Christ has worn away are rough edges and made us smooth, this is to keep us from being to abrasive as we go forth and bring others to Him.
The rocks that are on the side of the stream that are partly in the water, these are the people that are just getting to know Christ, and are partly smooth but still have some rough edges.
The rocks that are by the stream but are not in the water are the people who have heard of Christ, but have not yet decided to be with Christ.

Now, how do we as people of Christ move the rocks so that all are worn smooth? We do this by giving of ourselves, as Christ has given to us. We share the love that is Christ, no matter where we are. We come down off our mountain top, go down into the valley, find that next person that wants Christ, and we take them up to the mountain top, put them in the stream, let the water of Life flow over them and make them smooth as they find the love of Christ.


By: ChristMusic92