Streams of Mercy, Never Ceasing.

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"I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it" (Psalm 81:10).

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"Are you thirsty?" said the Lion.
"I'm dying of thirst," said Jill.
"Then drink," said the Lion.
"May I - could I - would you mind going away while I do?" said Jill.
The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl. And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience.
The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic.
"Will you promise not to - do anything to me, if I do come?" said Jill.
"I make no promises," said the Lion.
Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer.
"Do you eat little girls?" she said.
"I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say this as if it were boasting, not as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It just said it.
(TSC, CS Lewis)

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"As the deer pants for the streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God" (Psalm 42:1-2).

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So now the remaining question is, why do I drink so much soda?
Why do I rely on coffee to perk up my emotions?
Why is green tea a fix-all remedy?

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"I daren't come and drink," said Jill.
"Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion.
"Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer. "I suppose I must go and look for another stream then."
"There is no other stream," said the Lion.
(TSC, CS Lewis)
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Broken cisterns cannot hold water.

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