I have a wonderful band of sisters that I study with. We are called the She Reads Truth community. Talk about hearts that ooze with love! Each member was invited to write and share a devotional for the Friday scriptures during Lent. I love my sisters and I am so excited that we are sharing our hearts with one another.
My Devotional for Psalm 130~ A Song of Ascents
Reading this psalm left me with one word- one word that anchored me to each of the versions I read. One word that I couldn’t get away from… “parched”.
As I surfed the verses, so many needs and experiences came to mind. There is so much that I am longing for in this season, yet so much that He has provided. While there is so much that I desire, I must also acknowledge all that He has spared me from.
Sisters, aren’t we ever so thirsty for Him? From the depths that we cry to Him, we thirst for Living Water that will soothe and hydrate our souls. From the wells of shortcomings and missed marks, we thirst for Him- His mercy, extended through longsuffering and patience with us. It’s a rope we never stop tugging. What would we do without it? If He counted, marked or held all of our wrongs against any of us, who could stand under the weight and shame of it all? None of us…so, we thirst.
And then, from the wells of thankfulness- we thirst more, because of His love that He provides us, which is so unconditional and refreshing. It’s a love that we have not earned and is so life saving and jaw dropping- that we want more and more. We thirst.
I need His love more than I need the night to end, even when it is long and painful. Yet there is a double blessing in that riding on the wings of morning, are new mercies, new opportunities and new light. And with you, I watch for it and wait for it, “more than watchmen for the morning, I say, more than watchmen for the morning.”
Even with our variation of needs, desires and gratitude, the common thread is the same… we thirst.
Sisters, let’s make sure to hope fanatically in the Lord today- our Redeemer LIVES and He is nigh. I’m SO thirsty!!!
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“Hope fanatically”…love that! I sit here, thirsting and hoping fanatically. Thank you for showing me that 🙂
“From the wells of forgiveness” I love that! I enjoyed your post today. Thank you so much!
Your post brought forth images of a person in the desert longing for a cool drink of water. Our throats are dry and we try to quench our thirst with so many other things than the Living Water. Lord may we pant after You!
So beautifully written. I woke up to this devotion and it warmed my spirit. Thank you Sis.
Amen! Thirst and desperation for Him is my constant prayer.. I feel so whole when that is where my heart is at!
Kelsi, what wonderful writing, I AM thirsty for the Lord and all He has for me ….from love to forgiveness to redemption…Thank you for you take on psalm 130, God bless you, abundantly sister…x
“Even with our variation of needs, desires and gratitude, the common thread is the same… we thirst.” This is so true. We are each, although we come with different backgrounds, the woman at the well, craving living water. There seems to be a theme of desperation running through some of these posts today… thirst. Yes. Only He can satisfy. Great post, Kelsi!
Hello fellow SRT sister! Yours was the first Link I clicked on to read. Probably because I am fairly new to SRT and new on my journey/relationship with The Lord, and my thirst for Him had left me so desperate for more of Him and his teachings. I loved the way you put it, “from the depths of our cry.” Because it takes me to a time when I did just that. And also, when you said from the wells of thankfulness, because there have been so many times where my thanks were deeper than a well. I enjoyed your devo today! Thank you!
Yes, we do thirst. And we dig in holes with broken cisterns for water that will never quench and that always runs out. Instead, we need to run to the fountain of living water that never runs dry, and find our hope in him. Beautifully said! Thanks so much for sharing!