![]() ![]() The 320pp book - one of the best general overviews of water problems that I've read - is organized into 10 sections with 34 short chapters. I read the second edition of When the rivers run dry: Water - the defining crisis of the twenty-first century (2006) several months ago. Re-posted with permission from author from Aguanomicsįred Pearce is an English journalist who's been covering water issues for 20+ years (he's just published a book on land grabs, review to come). Lynne Perry Christofferson, River that Never Runs Dry, lyrics.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.Catherine Thomas, Light In the Wilderness, p.Lynne Perry Christofferson, Sisters, Arise! p.Hatch/Janice Kapp Perry, Jesus Love is Like a River. Words and music by Lynne Perry Christofferson He’s a long, deep drink that can satisfy. Jesus is river of living water which can flow through us-teeming with life, sparkles of light reflecting on its surface: We are the desert of Egypt-parched and unfruitful. This living water has remarkable spiritual power, and just as the flora of Egypt flourishes along the banks of the Nile, we flourish spiritually when we drink deeply-and daily-from the Savior’s bubbling springs. Referring to our Savior, Catherine Thomas writes, “Everything we thought we needed from other sources, we find in Him.” (4) Jesus Christ is the source of the “liquid light” that quenches and sustains as it flows through our minds and hearts. ‘It shall even be…as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh but he awaketh, and, behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite.’ Only the living water of Jesus Christ can quench our thirst.” (3) With our spirits housed in bodies and subject to “the natural man” (Mosiah 3:19), we attempt to fill our spiritual hunger by satisfying our physical cravings. However, we don’t always recognize that hunger for what it is. Though a veil was drawn over our minds when we entered mortality, we seem to carry with us a deep hunger for light and truth. The danger of drinking from tainted wells is that every dipperful of water consumed actually increases thirst rather than quenching it.Īs children of God, “…we came from a heavenly place where light-spiritual light-was our natural habitat. Sadly, the downward spiral of addictions leads to despair as we encounter the law of diminishing returns. Addictions may form as we seek to slake our inner thirst for anything that will cure our boredom, satisfy our carnal desires, desensitize our conscience, or mask our emotional pain. In modern times, the number of these wells has grown exponentially, and millions of thirsty souls are falling victim to tainted water. From the earliest days of man’s earthly existence, there have been counterfeit wells to confuse us. While the Nile’s water sources originate in distant lands, Christ’s living water comes from a celestial spring, and cannot be duplicated by any other source. Yes, “He will make wilderness like Eden, and desert like the garden of the Lord,” (2 Nephi 8:3) but a thriving garden doesn’t bloom overnight, no matter how faithfully it is watered. What is the recommended daily allowance for living water? Can it even be measured? Perhaps the surest way to determine whether our water intake is sufficient is the same way we perceive the effects of the Nile River’s floods on Egypt’s desert: “Everything grows where the water flows.” (2) Are we growing in love for others-especially the Savior? Is our testimony of His word increasing steadily? Are the fruits of the Spirit ripening in our life? Positive spiritual growth is evidence of the presence of living water within us.Īt times we may only flirt with spirituality by taking occasional sips from the Savior’s well, but it is when we drink deeply and consistently over an extended period of time that we will feel the full benefits of what Jesus offers. As we focus intently on the gospel message and seek to apply the Savior’s teachings in our interactions with others, a portion of His living water flows through us. ![]() We may not comprehend the source of this living water, but each time we turn to the Holy Scriptures, treasuring the words of Christ, we are drinking from a potent spring. Just as the ancient Egyptians were blessed by the flooding of the Nile, the living water of Jesus Christ-His truth and light and spirit-can flow into us, saving us from spiritual drought. The Blue Nile’s source was in Ethiopia’s highlands where 60 inches of rain fell between May and October. ![]() The White Nile originated in a tropical rain forest in the tiny African country of Burundi, receiving enough precipitation throughout the year to ensure a steady flow of water through Egypt. The secret of the flooding lay in the different climates of the two branches which fed the Nile. ![]()
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