During this trying time - with people are isolated and nervous, perhaps even scared of what is to come - Marion Medical Mission (MMM) thought their supporters might enjoy remembering past miracles and connecting with others to pray for everyone affected by the virus, both here and around the world. They are sending a short devotion each Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning, continuing until quarantine restrictions are lifted. These devotions have been written by volunteers and staff members about their experiences with MMM; each is uplifting, positive and beautifuly written. We think these devotions are timeless and may provide comfort and connection for those who read them and pray with them. If you'd like to be on added to that list, email MMM HERE
Sharing the love of Jesus by providing safe, clean, sustainable sources of drinking water to the extreme poor in sub-Saharan Africa, Marion Medical Mission is one of our mission partners at Grace Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas, and we STRONGLY encourage you to read these devotions to learn more about - and pray for! - their mission.
An Inner Spring
Rev. Dick McFarlin
Volunteer, Texas
"...but those who drink of the water I give them will never be thirsty. The water I give them will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." John 4:14
As our team arrived at a village to complete a well, we were warmly greeted by a 16- year-old girl named Memory who steadied her limping grandmother. I asked if we might pray for grandmother's (arthritic) knee before continuing to the well site. They said "Yes!" (Grandma spoke with her eyes!)
We had prayer together and walked a short distance to find that the team had already begun the pump installation. When it was time for the dedication prayer, I noticed that the village headman had removed his shoes to symbolize that we were on holy ground. Following the well dedication/celebration, Memory invited our team to stay and share a lunch of nsima and beans with her family in their home. After lunch we walked toward our truck when over my shoulder I heard the whole family singing. I turned and noticed that they were also dancing-including grandmother! The song was translated as "We have seen the love of God!"
I wondered how it could be that there was such joy and gratitude among people who lived with very little, materially speaking. I remembered the story of the Samaritan woman at the well and how Jesus promised that those who would drink of the water he would give them would never be thirsty. They would have an inner spring!
I thought about the variety of water containers I had seen at village well sites: buckets, jugs, gourds, watering cans. And then it hit me. Water takes the shape of its container! When you drink of the flow from Christ's inner spring, His life comes inside you. You wake up inside your life. And Christ looks like you and everyone else who has tasted the "living water" of Christ's Spirit!
Prayer: Fill my heart, O God until my eyes overflow. Let me marinate in Your fullness!
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