Flowing (Lent A3)

It is interesting that "living water" was used almost exclusively for water that flowed. No metaphysical attachment could be expected by the woman at the well.

As a metaphor for The Spirit, the image of flowing water is crisp. Bubbling, refreshing, overflowing, unending.

We Pentecostals sometimes forget to stand in awe of this truth. We see something like speaking in tongues as the evidence we are filled with this living water. It is all too easy to dry up while still remembering the syllables and sounds of a heavenly language. Filling is no one-time act, but rather like a flowing river or spring replenishes constantly so we should be receiving from the Spirit.

Flow River Flow!