What we allow to fill our lives is what we dispense to others. What’s in your cistern? Purified drinking water can be expensive. Instead of buying bottles or filters, you could purchase a rain barrel and capture the water that flows off your roof and through your guttering. Then you would would have a largeContinue reading “What’s In Your Cistern? Finale”
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What’s In Your Cistern? Day 5
The New Year is a time for reflection and hope. This past year, we have allowed many influences to fill our lives. We dispense to others that which we have allowed to fill us. This reality reminds me of ancient wells in Southern Israel called cisterns. What we take in to our cistern, that isContinue reading “What’s In Your Cistern? Day 5”
What’s In Your Cistern? Day 4
What we allow into our lives is what we dispense to others. What’s in your cistern? Thirst is powerful. It is a warning of something physical, but the desire to consume water permeates into the emotional and mental realms of a person. In a hot and dry place, panic and hopelessness can overwhelm one whoContinue reading “What’s In Your Cistern? Day 4”
What’s In Your Cistern? Day 2
What we allow to fill our lives is what we dispense to others. What’s in your cistern? In ancient Israel, many towns, villages, and cities relied on rain as their primary source for water. They would build a place to store the rainwater at the lowest point of the area. This storage point was aContinue reading “What’s In Your Cistern? Day 2”
What’s In Your Cistern? Day 1
What we allow to fill our lives is what we dispense to others. What’s in Your Cistern? When our Generations team from Carmel Baptist Church traveled to Israel this past May, I became quite interested in the hydrology of southern Israel during our second day of the trip. As explored the southern desert region, aContinue reading “What’s In Your Cistern? Day 1”
Shepherding Well 