Friday, June 09, 2006

Just Water? or Living Water?

Pyromaniacs: a cup of water - great post.

this kind of thing has been on my mind lately. how much truth are we bringing to the lost? the the dowtrodden? to our brothers and sisters? are we bringing a 'feel good' gospel to people, or the real thing? are we bringing something that's going to take the sting away for a little while, but does not cure the real problem? anethessia takes care of the pain, but doesn't fix the abcess....

i see some people who are so wound up about following the latest rush of water, but is it the real thing? do they have a handle on where God wants them? on who He is? on how to determine what is really Him asking you to do something, and not a man-made convention?

i'm no scholar. but i sure hope that i have a decent handle on the Word. and resting on God, knowing Him, and not feeling like i have to strive or run or do....

sorry if this post does not flow worth beans.... i'm really having problems finding words right now. it took me like two minutes to come up with the right world for that ouch-pain gum-numbing-stuff... anasthetic! and to top it off i don't know how to spell it! lol.
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