“I want the water now!”

My two year old proudly (and loudly) said that after taking his piece of bread for the sacrament recently.

I quietly whispered that we needed to wait for them to finish passing the bread and then bless the water.

“I am thirsty!”

My little boy was thinking very practically— he was thirsty, and so he wanted the water.

When our bodies are thirsty, this natural sort of longing occurs.

I weirdly wake up super thirsty every single morning and immediately chug my water bottle that I leave right by my bed.

And when I’ve been outside in the hot desert summer, I get desperate for a cold drink to cool me down.

This is similar to what I feel when I’m going through a different kind of struggle or trial— I just want that relief.

I want the struggle to be gone.

I want to relax and feel all better.

But I’ve realized that the Lord often doesn’t just take away our struggles.

He doesn’t usually take us out of the Sun permanently, shielding us from any discomfort forever and ever.

He instead gives us that nourishment, that replenishment that we need in order to make it just another day.

“For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.” (Jeremiah 31:25)

He gives us that living water.

That everlasting drink that helps our souls hold on just a little bit longer.

That push of energy to grow a little bit more.

That source of life.

Every week. Every day. 

We need that water.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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