by Susan Fleming
I have a singularly brown thumb. Thankfully I have friends whose thumbs are greener! Recently one of my friends took pity on me and planted some Mexican Petunias along the front of my house (thank you, Dottie!), and they are beautiful. Most of the time…
I’ve noticed that they do so much better if they get water every day — go figure! Sometimes they can go a day or so without water, and they look pretty good, but then all of a sudden, they wilt.
Kind of like me. I really need the Living Water every day. Sometimes I can go a couple of days and still look pretty okay on the outside, but then I, too, wilt. And truth be told, when I’m not watering my soul with God’s Word, I’m really not okay, regardless of what I look like.
Sometimes, though, even though I’m in the Word, I still feel like I’m in a very dry place. I was giving that some thought when I ran across this verse:
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Psalm 68:6
That pulled me up short. Walking with the Lord is a way filled with joy and fruit — If things are dry, it’s got to be something in me. I’ll bet if I ask Jesus, He will let me know what it is, too.
I want this to be the hallmark of my life:
Joy is the flag that flies from my heart
when the King is in residence.
What flag is flying over your heart today?
