It all started when the hosts of the wedding feast at Cana ran out of wine, and our blessed mother found out. Jesus ordered the servants to fill the six empty stone barrels with water. And then to pour it out.
Neither the six barrels nor the water were special. But the One who gave the orders was special.
The wine came to be because the water that filled those six jars was as per His order.
Even as I read this narration for the umpteenth time, I felt a new excitement today:
Hey!
There are six of us here at home - Roshan, me, Rachel, Daniel, Joel, & Michael.
We could be those six stone barrels every morning!
At the beginning of each new day, at His feet - emptied out and ready to be filled...
As the day progresses, we let Jesus decide & order what goes into us and fills us....
Ordinary experiences, activities, thoughts, feelings, emotions - just like the plain, ordinary water at Cana - BUT willed and ordered by Jesus.
And then whenever we pour ourselves out - at work, at school, at home, in the kitchen, wherever - WOW!
That is exactly why we all need personal prayer time every day; to re-dedicate ourselves to Him on a daily basis; to set ourselves down at His feet every single morning - empty barrels to be filled, to be poured out to others......
Thank you Lord!
Lucy
2nd March 2017
