Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water. Show all posts

June 06, 2023

Streams in the Desert

Streams in the Desert
© 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers


I wanted you 
to be pretty
But you were not

You were all hard edges
and broken pieces
Covered in shame
Voicing blame

I approached you
Tentatively 
Extending a cup of Living Water

You gasped
Drinking deeply
As a desert long since dry.

You began to bloom
A cactus released
Prickles still
Yet flowers began to bloom

Your beauty hidden
Now released in the Son.

~ Debbie Turner Chavers






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March 04, 2016

Car Wash?


There are all kinds of cars and all kinds of people. People and cars need to be washed and detailed regularly.
I have been thinking about Ephesians 5:26 regularly. One of the ways we like to clean our flesh vehicle is to attend church for fellowship, praise,worship and attendance to God's word.
Gathering in groups to study the word of God is similar to going through a drive through car wash. The car is washed but you still might want to detail your vehicle before or after the washing.
Most individuals visit the detail area to do a thorough cleaning of the inside of the car.
In this illustration, detailing represents our individual time spent in His word and in His presence.
I want to encourage you to take time for the detailing.
After all most of us appreciate that new car smell!

~Debbie


Ephesians 5:26,27  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish.




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