Fountains

As I write this, a workman is trying to fix a water fountain outside our patio door. Normally it works for only a few months, but this year it has only worked for a few days. One problem is that the owners of the apartment complex let the water level in the pond, where the fountain sits, get too low for the fountain’s intake.

While watching the workman, I am thinking about the various fountains life has brought my way. I have had fountains of joy at the births of our children and marriage to the greatest lady on earth. Fountains of loneliness have sprung up at times of isolation. There have been fountains of adventure in foreign travel and living overseas. Broken or even just strained relationships have caused fountains of sorrows. It is interesting how the seaons of life cause fountains of excitement, disappointment, confusion, or longing.

Jesus spoke of a different kind of fountain. This fountain or river never ceases and constantly gives life. He was speaking to a woman drawing water at a well when he said, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 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 a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

I want this type of fountain to take root in my life. Therefore I am connecting myself to the source, Jesus.