Looking out at a cloudy sky, it is at least 105 degrees out and very muggy.  Not complaining, it isn’t almost triple digit humidity like so many of you endure.

Carla brought in some cukes today, made some refrigerator pickles, using a recipe her mother had copied from a friend, and have some left for salads.

AND some to give away, Teresa is coming over in the morning after work to pick some – not sure I will be greeting her, don’t get up as early as I used to do.  

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John 4:14 KJV “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

I was reading this this morning and thought about the 100+ days we are now and will be having this week – and probably a lot longer – and how we must keep hydrated or suffer from Heat Stroke or Heat Exhaustion – both of which are deadly if not addressed immediately.

It affects us physically, and mentally when we do not have enough water in our bodies. 

I remember a Fire Chief telling his fire fighters who were getting ready to battle a grass fire to drink lots of water.

Temperature was in the high 90’s, heavy gear, plus the heat from the fire makes things very hot which can dehydrate these people quickly.

He said if you wait until you are thirsty, you waited too long.

It is the same with our souls.  If we wait until we engage a battle with satan, to talk with God, we are waiting too long.

We should be full of His Spirit so when the time comes, we don’t have to tell satan to stop so we can fill our soul with God’s living water.

Our souls are thirsty, it needs that spring of water from God.  People are trying to satisfy and give sustenance to it using different methods, different religions, or trying to not worry about it as the soul cries out for relief.

Jesus can supply that water to satisfy our souls, in fact He is the only one who can.  But it isn’t just a one time and then forget drink.

Just as our bodies whither away without proper and regular nourishment, so does our soul.

We need a continuing relationship with our God.  We need to read His Word on a regular basis, we need to be thoughtful in our prayers and thanksgivings, in our praise and worship and we need to do all of it on a daily basis.

It is far too easy for us to forget as we go about our very busy lives – we schedule meetings, we set up time lines to get things done, but we forget to set aside an appointment with God, daily.

His presence; the Holy Spirit’s wisdom and comforting making us feel like we are indeed full to over flowing with His blessings.

It is a glorious feeling to be full of God’s Spirit, so full it is overflowing.

Later, Art (-: