The well

Emma often talks about seeing Papa, dreaming of Papa, and wants to pray that God will send him back to us.  While these moments often bring me to tears; I am also so happy that she has such a great love for Papa.

One night she didn't want to go to sleep but wouldn't tell me why.  The next day we were talking about it and she said that she couldn't go to sleep because Papa was jumping on her bed.  I laughed and smiled at the thought that now he is completely healed, and I am sure he would love to be jumping on the bed with Emma.

I never had those type of connections when I was younger, but I have gained more of them over the years.  There have been moments that took my breath away, brought tears to my eyes, or a smile to my face.  I think God sends me those moments as a reminder that God is with me, and that everything is okay.

Yesterday at church we were singing a song and it said something about wanting to drink from the well.  I immediately thought of Pa - he was a plumber.  I remember being little and going with him to "find water" for the well drilling company to drill the well.  He would take a Y shaped stick and walk with it, when the stick turned down then he knew that was the spot to find water.  Of all the times I know of him doing this I do not recall a time that he was wrong.  However, I also thought about him drinking from the well.  He helped the drilling people find water, but he also help everyone else find the well - the well of God.  Imagine us being able to go to the well, and being completely refreshed; not by water but by God.

I know that in my life Pa was often my well - he knew what to say, how to say it, and when to say it.  I knew he was the strong one I could turn to no matter what, and I knew he had my back.  How true is that of our relationship with God?  Do you turn to him, or do you try to handle it yourself?  We often figure out that when we try to handle it the mess increases as well as the stress.  I encourage you to go to the well!  

John 7:37 "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink"

John 4:14 "Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst"