There is a thirst that cannot be satisfied by water. It is the thirst that drives a college student to complete his or her degree. It is the thirst that drives men and women to become great and noble leaders throughout history. It is the thirst that propels great inventors to invent new products and inventions. It is the thirst that raises up great world leaders. It is the thirst that causes a king to give up his throne for the one he loves.
The bible speaks about another thirst also. This thirst cannot be satisfied by natural water.
The prophet Amos wrote:( Amos
Behold the days come where in I will send a famine into the land, not a famine for bread, nor a thirst for waters, but for hearing the words of Jehovah. Isaiah the prophet also spoke of this thirst: Isaiah 55:1
O everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters , and he that hath no silver; come ye, buy, eat,come ye and buy wine and milk without silver and without price. David the psalmist wrote of this thirst also.
O, God, my God, in the morning do I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, in a land of drought, and weary without waters. (Paslm )
Man is body , spirit and soul. God created man wiht a body from the earth. next he breathed his spirit into man and man became a living soul. Just as how our natural body needs water it is the same way the spiritual part of us needs spiritual water. In chapter one I wrote about my love for water. I developed this love for water as a child while living with my grandmother in bath St Thomas. Reflecting back to those days I now realize that it was there that I also developed the thirst for the spiritual water.
I remember when my grandmother would gather us around her feet and read the bible to us. She would also teach us spirtural songs. Not only did she do that but she sent us to Sunday School every Sunday. On Saturdays she would prepare for the Lords Day. On Saturday evenings we would do all our cleaning.
We scrubbed the floors, polished them and shined them with our brush made out of the top of coconuts.
WE alos prepared the clothes we would be wearing to church the day before Sunday.
There is indeed a thirst that cannot be quenced by water David the psalmist mentioned it when he wrote,"As a deer panteth after the water so doth my heart panteth after thee'" ( Psalm)
Every Sunday we would dressed up in our Sunday best. Our white shoes were as white as snow. We use whiten to whiten the white shoes.
Our black shoes were so shine you could see your face in them.We somtimes used Hibiscuis flower to polish the black and brown shoes. With a pep in our steps and a song on our lips we skipped our way to the Bath Angelcan church. I developed my love for pipe organs there. As the choir sang like angels and the pipe organ rang out heavenly music I felt like I was in heaven singing along with the angels. My love for church grew strong when I went to live wiht my mom in Galina St Mary . She sent us to Sunday School every Sunday . The church I attended there also was an Angecan. I was christened as a baby in the Angelcan church. I was named Elaine after the Priest's daughter.I did a research on the name Elaine. It means Shining light. My love for God and the thirst to know him more increased as I grew old. At the tender age of 9 I asked Jesus to come into my heart one night at an open air meeting help by the salvation army band .
I had such thirst for spiritual things. At the age of 13 while living in Kingdston Jamaica I got baptised in a Pentecostal Church of God church. The pastor wife became my mentor. She took me under her arms so to speak. Every Thursday the church help fasting. Some days I would take the day off scholl to join my Pastor's wife at her home . Some days I would leve school to join her at lunch to pray wiht. I had so great thirst for the thigns of God. Mnay times during break time at school I would slip away frommthe crowd of playing, noisy kids to listen to Back to Bible Radio broadcast. Quite often I would do wihtout food in order to fast and pray. I was always an avid readers. I used to spend my savings to purchae books of religious nature.
At the tender age of 15 I had a strong desire to be a pastor's wife. At a very tender age I knew the call of God was on my life.
I was not the typical child. While others were playing as I mentioned earlier,I was praying . While others were reading Mills and Boone I was reading religious books .
I remember vividly when I would go in the bath room to listen to back to the Bible Radio Broadcast instead of playing with my friends during break times at school.
During my teenage days I held several leadership positions in the church. Little did I know that God was preparing me for a holy calling. I had this thirst. You might be asking the question, can any woman be a pastors' wife? I do not know the answer. One thing I do know for sure , was that I was called to be one.
Before I met my late husband, I dated a few guys but not seriously. Some whee teachers, laweres, accounts, etc. I just could not make the sprotual conection.
One night I went to a church that was having revival, I saw several young men singing with all their might praises to God on the Praise and Worship team. I was impressed.
I went home with out any thoughts of the young men.
The following morning a long time friend of mine came to my home and told me that one of the young men was asking about me. He told me that according to the young man the moment he saw me , God told him I would be his wife.
This young man was praying for a mate . At the time he was a freshman student in Bible school. I was just about ready to attend college to be trained as a teacher. We met talked and discovered that he was in Bible school to study pastoral studies. I smiled and said to my self God is the the one?
We dated for severla years. We boht graduated the same year that was July 1973. We got married August 1973. AAmazigly. Our first church we pastores was located in Tnagle River St James. Tangles River had a lovley lushous river where we both used to fo and take a bath and a swim. My love for water intesified there also. The second church we pastored in Jamaica before immigrating to the Cayman islands was named Living Waters Open Bible Church located In St Jmaes a lso.
One of my favorite scriptures is: "Blessed are those who hunger and thrst after rigteousnness for they shall be filled" (Mat 5:)
Indeed My soul is sastified wiht fresh living waters that money cannot buy. I have an everlasting river of waters flooding up and running over in my soul as I seek after the river of life.
John 4: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water tha tI shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting live."
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