Raindrop in the Fog

It was ominous morning on April 1st as I was driving to the prison for work. Dark clouds, fog, and a sunrise panting to break through enveloped me. The last couple of years I have been using a term to describe my emotional and psychological state: brain fog.

Suddenly, about a third of the way through my drive, one lone raindrop splashed on my windshield. I was kind of surprised by it as it was about the size of a nickel and made a noticeable, dancing, thwap sound. And it was alone. Just one. No more. It was like God’s drop of living water in the fog. He was reminding me that on this road of life, He is the well that will never run dry. His solo raindrop is one of love, compassion, and mercy. A raindrop that said, “Drink from Me.” That raindrop was for me. 

“Rain can ruin your weekend or rain can spare your life…Depending on who you are and what your thirst is like.” Mark Heard

His rain has spared my life. 

Psalm 42:1-3

As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?”

I long for God. I thirst for my living God. Even through the tears. 

From this one drop can flow a river:

John 7:37-38

“Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’” Jesus

I  want this living water to flow through me. 

John 4:14

“But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” Jesus

I want this bubbling spring to spill over and splash on everyone with whom I have contact. 

God affirmed through this one raindrop that no matter what I go through in life, through the darkness of the fog and the dry times, to always thirst for His living water. As long as I drink, I will never thirst again.