Thirst and Mystery
I focused on the first and last verse of this passage. Water is such a great image to think of many things, including that feeling when you are thirsty, and you can’t think of anything else except water. I have offered a water you can’t drink but always reminds me of God’s love when I see it. It is a painting of the sun setting into the ocean. It’s an image that reminds me of God every time I see it.
“Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters.”
To end the passage, I have painted something that always reminds me of how intricate God’s creation is, we may never understand it, but we also feel like God knows some things we don’t. Look at how a forest is woven together. We can walk through it and feel its beauty without understanding how it all works together to sustain life. It is a mystery to us but we enjoy it ever the same.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
God,
Let us remember to come to you when we are thirsty and to trust the mystery of you when we are unsure.
Amen
Scotia Andersen