One of my favorite things about Southlake is that for the longest time the city would not allow any homes to be built on a plot of land that was smaller than an acre. (It may still be a law) Which makes for less homes and more trees, grass and ponds... More nature. I like nature.
Recently it has been really hot here. It's been close to, or over 100 degrees every day for over a month and we have had very little rain. The city has restricted our water usage. Which means our grass isn't as green as it was in June, our trees are looking a little bare and the water level of our ponds are down. (To me, every "lake" in Texas is a pond. I grew up in Michigan, where we have real lakes.) We are conserving water because it is essential to life. Without water, nothing can survive; grass, trees, dogs, cats and people need water to live.
But what do you do when the streams have dried up?
Scholars aren't sure when Joel was written, he could be warning the Israelites that this could happen or that this did happen because they put their trust in things and not in God. Either way, the message is the same then as it is now, do not trust in the things God created, trust in God.
In the end, all things created will fail. Last week I was sitting at the bedside of my friend Cordula as she was dying and a cup of water would not have done her any good. All the great things on earth will come to an end or cease to be useful.
Except love, because God is love. All Cordula had with her when she left this earth was love, and that was all that she needed for her journey to eternal life.
Love will never be restricted and no heat wave can dry it up.
John 6: 35: Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."
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