Nourish

The waters of Spirit flow in me, nourishing and bringing forth every good fruit.

here are many metaphors in the Bible for what God and the Christ are like and our relationship to them. There are rivers that nourish life or the tree of life itself. There is the vine that connects to the branches that bear fruit. The metaphors we use and pictures we imagine do not matter. What matters is that there is something greater, something life-giving, something nourishing our growth from deep within.

We do not have to believe in God or use religious terms for that source, that wellspring, that unlimited potential and capacity within us. We can call it the biological imperative. Names do not matter. But we do need to seek out that life-giving place deep within us.

Psalm 1:3, “And he shall be like a tree planted by a stream of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaves fall not off; and whatsoever he begins he accomplishes.”

7/7/2016