Broad Rivers and Streams...

Isaiah 33:21a
21But there the Lord in Majesty will be for us
a place of broad rivers and streams…

Have web sites too, invaded your e-mail as they have mine, calling you to their sites so you can do your Black Friday shopping early and specifically with them? Malls also are invading the newspapers and are already calling us to their bargains of plenty, as the Christmas shopping season comes down upon us all. They all speak of desire for more and hope for that right gift. “Come fill your shopping bag and fill our cash registers – come one and all to find that one elusive item and your Christmas worries will be over!” I feel better already (not).

The newness of the day is upon me and I have many paths beckoning me towards their way. Which one to take? A Hasidic story tells of a rabbi's son who used to wander in the woods. The rabbi asked his son, "I wonder why each day you walk in the woods?" The boy replied, "I go there to find God." "That's very good, son. But, don't you know that God is the same everywhere?" "Yes," the boy answered, "but I'm not."

Go today where you are fed, where you find the Lord in Majesty – a place of broad rivers and streams that flow with energy, producing a fruitfulness and abundance within the depths of your very soul, and a plethora of life along the river’s edge – go there first and then consider the call of the others. In this time of advent go to that place and wait with expectancy to be filled. I suspect that you will not be disappointed for you have been there before and know its richness.

From your friends at River Springs - have a delightful day!