Devotional 3-1-10

It seems to me that a lot of the lectionary readings for this week have to do with being thirsty. But it just isn’t quenching your thirst -- it’s finding the right thing to quench your thirst.

We are presented and inundated with countless advertisements and endorsements for anything liquid. It is would boggle the mind to think of the money that are spent by soft drink industry to satisfy those ravenous cravings for something to satisfy those parched throats.

I am pretty sure that if you talk with most athletic and physical trainers they still say the best drink for the most serious thirst is still water. It is what God created and they may want to sell it for $1.05 for a 16 ounce bottle but it still the best thing for us.

The scriptures from Isaiah, Psalms, and Luke all speak of cautioning of what you use to quench your spiritual thirsts. During this Lenten season perhaps we should examine the labels of popular notions and return to some basics in our own spiritual lives. Daily prayer, scripture readings, meditation or service could satisfy that parched spiritual discomfort.

Mike Bowen