Look! Water from the rocks!
One of my favorite psalms is the 104th chapter. In recounting the tremendous work of God in the creation and protection of all he made, we find an outline of the tremendous care God takes with each portion of his creation. He is not content to just "make", then sit back and see what will become - he nurtures and sometimes "coaxes" until creation comes into its fullness with his tender care. As I was driving on vacation in Tennessee this past week, one of the things which caught my eye was the water coming from deep inside the rocks on the side of the mountain. This was not water cascading from the top of a mountain stream, but coming from deep within the rock - almost from the middle of the rock formation. It brought to mind the passage below, when David pens the words, "You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water." You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the ...