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I can still feel your hand
A weak squeeze
Dry skin against mine
Still hear the machine
Pulsating in the background
Providing you oxygen
Still feel the humid breeze
Blowing through the window
Ruffling strands of hair
Still feel the oppressive heat
From a late summer day
Permeating the room
Still feel the furrowed brow
As my fingertips moved
Across your gray hair
Still sense the sadness
As life slowly slipped away
With each passing breath
Each strained breath
I sat with you that day
Next to your bed
Next to your frail body
A raspy word, barely audible
Emerged from your lips
“Water.”
I imagined what it felt like
As I raised moistened sponge
To your parched mouth
Brief refreshment
A soothing moment
Amidst the pain
I hope my presence
Did the same
A moment of peace
Soothing peace
For your parched soul
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. – John 6:35 (NIV)
© 2019 CGThelen
I am parched, beaten down by the scorching heat of life; dried out, craving relief from the oppressive inferno of barbs from others. In this moment I hear your word dear Lord: “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink (John 7:37, NIV).” Praise God that you don’t just offer a shot of water, mere drops to wet the palette. Praise to you Jesus that you offer to immerse us in a river of living water to heal our thirst. Praise God that you fill us to the point of overflowing. All we need is to believe it is so, that only Jesus can quench our parched souls; that Jesus can can fill us so we never thirst again; that Jesus fills us to the point of overflowing. All praise to you dear Jesus for giving us eternal life, for filling us with the Spirit of God.
“Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” – John 7:38
© 2019 CGThelen
