Spring Up Oh Well

"For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light." Psalm 36:9

Early morning and the park is deserted or at least empty enough for me to feel like I'm strolling alone talking to The Father. I don't think I've had the same conversation with Him twice even when the subject matter was the same as the day before. (Okay, there was that time I walked around the lake singing the Cares Chorus because I just didn't know how else to pray for the heavy burden my friend was carrying and for which I agreed to pray.) The point is, my conversations are like my relationship; they are alive. They change with the circumstances--sometimes animated and happy and others, not so much. 

But always He listens.

I can't pass this fountain without thinking of the Sunday School song River of Life: 

I've got a river of life flowing out of me! 

Makes the lame to walk, and the blind to see.

Opens prison doors, sets the captives free! 

I've got a river of life flowing out of me! 

Spring up oh well, within my soul!

Spring up oh well and make me whole. 

Spring up oh well and give to me,

That life abundantly. 

The nice thing about having Jesus as a confidant is that you know He won't spread gossip and He's already said He's come to heal. (See Matthew 11:5) Since God is unchanging and unchangeable He's still in the business of healing as He sees fit. Not all infirmities are healed but that doesn't mean we can't still petition Him. Who are we to understand who He heals and who He chooses to use in another way, in spite of illness.

Now I tend to take things both literally and figuratively. God can take away your need for a wheelchair or He can kick the emotional crutches out from under you and let you run. He can heal glaucoma or open emotionally blind eyes. He IS the river of life both physical and spiritual. 

That thought is as refreshing as the mist from a fountain on a hot day. I know I can trust Him with my physical and spiritual needs because He is concerned with both. 

What about you? What cares do you have to share at the fountain today?