"You're Well Watered!"

Have you taken a look back at 2020 & 2021 and thought time has flown, but these were the hardest 2 years of your life?!  We started with fear of the unknown in 2020 and we didn’t know what was going on. Some might have thought, how can we be in a pandemic, is this even real? The push and pull of political opinions and racial injustices brought some of us to bring our guards up and watch our backs. Then, we have loved ones passing away left and right from a virus that was spreading like wildfire, leaving us to go into 2021 feeling broken with losses and situations that are incomprehensible.  

 

Today, some of us may feel tired, lonely, depressed, weary, and perhaps confused. The urge to give up gnaws at you day and night! Asking and wondering if 2022 will be any better.  However, Be Encouraged!! The Lord says in Isaiah 58:11 “The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength.  You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.”

When I think about the phrase a “well-watered garden,” I think about our summer lawns how green and healthy they are. I think about the beautiful flourishing flowers, and the amazing fragrance that flows from them. This is Gods promise to us this year! He wants to demonstrate his presence, his strength, and his beauty through us as we continue to seek him and live for him. 

 

So be encouraged! This is your day! Begin to speak this into your soul, “I am, a well-watered garden! 

 

Prayer: “God, today I echo the words from Isaiah 58:11 over my life! May you continue to fill us up and help us grow into becoming healthy followers. May we have the fragrance of your presence daily so that we can be a blessing on to those around us. Thank you, Lord, Amen!”