We are a thirsty lot. Since we have rediscovered the importance of hydration, everywhere you look you see people are carrying water bottles. It doesn’t matter where: meetings, classrooms, buses, gymnasiums, streets, we carry our water bottles. It used to be that we’d all line up in the hallway at recess for a drink at the water fountain; no water bottles in the classrooms then. I remember one warm spring day at school getting a jar of clean water for our paint brushes, then sneaking sips from it on the way back to my desk.
Physically, we know and understand the importance of hydration, but I wonder if we give much thought to spiritual hydration. The psalmist thirsted for God, knew the importance of quenching that thirst, then prayed that God would lead him to the house of the Lord where his thirst would be quenched. We, too, satisfy our thirst in worship, through partaking of the Sacraments, hearing the word of God read and expounded, singing our praises, and offering our prayers. But we can also carry our spiritual water bottles with us, bottles such as daily Bible reading, prayer and meditation. For our spiritual health, it is important to drink often and deeply.
Lord God, quench my thirsty soul. Amen. —