{"id":777,"date":"2019-07-29T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T11:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2022-10-12T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T08:29:40","slug":"of-living-waters-and-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"Of Living waters and rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am back at Praia do Chizavane in Mozambique after a three\nyear absence. This was my home, my place of refuge for a number of years, and I\ncannot understand how I have allowed so many months to go by without being\nhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am sitting on the verandah of the restaurant at Nascer do\nSol Lodge, watching lazy whales sidle by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am always inspired here. I love walking on the beach in\nthe early mornings, and find ideas and words flow like nowhere else. I see the\nMaster\u2019s hand so clearly here, in the dramatic sunrises, the slow signing off\nof the sunsets, in the waves, the rocks, the trees, the birds everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday the tide was low enough for me to walk to part of\nthe reef. It is mid-winter and while the days would be considered hot in the\nnorthern hemisphere, here we are conscious of the chill in the wind, and water\ntemperature that might be normal elsewhere is definitely cold here. So swimming\nout to the reef at seven in the morning isn\u2019t an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I looked for familiar gems in the rock pools, I noticed a\nminiature Victoria Falls look alike, water pouring over oyster encrusted rocks.\nA small wave broke over the far edge, a white edging of foam creeping towards the\nledge nearest me. Small as the residue of wave was, it created a fall that\ntinkled and refreshed the pool, an overflow that tinkled on, and on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought of Jesus, how He invited us to drink of the Living\nWaters He would provide, and wondered at how far a tiny dose of His grace goes.\nOne small drop of the Saviour\u2019s blood is enough to cleanse each and every sin!\nHere, a tiny wave produced many litres of water, refreshing and filling the\npool in the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always have to photograph these moments, so out came my\ncell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find it challenging taking pictures in the open air, the\nlight drains all definition from the screen. So I aim in the general direction\nof what I hope to capture and shoot away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I took aim, a large wave flung itself over the reef, causing\na cascade of foaming waters to wash over the rocks, my Victoria Falls in full\nfall! Living waters! Washing and caressing the solidity of the reef, the rocks\nimmutable as protector of the beach, of the treasures contained therein,\nensuring my safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only when I got indoors that I saw that I had one of\nthose once in \u2018a blue moon flukes\u2019 \u2013 a picture that not only had the wave\nbreaking, but its clear reflection in the rock pool. The composition would have\nbeen better if I had been half a step further back, and got the reflection of\nthe rocks in the foreground more fully (it would also have applied the rule of\nthirds better) but it is a beauts pic nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christ again. This time in power. The waters seen by Ezekiel\nflowing out from the Temple, first ankle deep, then chest deep and then\noverflowing all. And through it all, the rocks unmoving. My Saviour, my firm\nfoundation allowing me and all His children the delights of His kingdom, not\nleast the washing and empowering of His Living Water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a moment! What a dramatic revelation of His word\ndisplayed in His creation! What joy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace filled my soul as I continued walking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is in His Heaven, and right now, all is well with my\nworld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living Waters, anchored by the Rock that is Christ my Lord!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-mozambique-nascer-do-sol-living-waters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}