“As I see God’s goodness and greatness, I am filled with love and life and light, which is the fountain of living waters.”
Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’
This is one of my favourite paintings of Jesus. It is called Living Water (Jesus and the Samaritan Woman) and was painted by Simon Dewey. (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/image/living-water-jesus-christ-b01ff2f?lang=eng)
The I have 4 copies of it in different places in my home and office to remind me that I can always sit at the Saviour’s feet to learn from him. That his example is the greatest example I can seek in learning to love and accept others.
I see Jesus Christ as my big brother who loves and protects me. He has stepped in to intervene in the most difficult moments of my life. He has become the mediator between me and those who have hurt me. He has sat beside me, and I have felt his loving arms around me, as I grieved the loss of my daughter. In my darkest moments has always been there to comfort me, guide me and safeguard me.
He loves me no matter what and I love the example he has given me of how to love others. Every time I read about his caring selfless life it encourages me to do better and be just a little more like him.
I hope you will reflect today – Easter Sunday, and think on how Jesus’s goodness has impacted your life and how you might become a little more like him.
“As I gratefully receive and share [God’s] love with others, it again fills me with more love and life and light, and it heals me and others, springing up into everlasting life. I can then become a beacon of light and hope.”
Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’