Simply Water

The Epics in Exodus are colorful and rich with stories about affliction, the burning bush, plagues, and Moses leading the Israelites onward towards freedom and the promised land. These are certainly times which call forth remembering and reflection.

But, there is one small thing which caught my attention.

In Exodus 2:16 &17, in just two verses, the word 'water' is repeated 3 times. If the author had just mentioned that water was drawn from the trough for the flock one time, I would have gotten the message and captured the scene. As if this is not enough, the scene prior reads that as Moses fled from the Pharoah, he settled in Midian, and found a well (with water).....doesn't say anything about Moses finding food and water, just a well. In my own journalling about taking walks or travelling nothing is written about my drinking water in my journey.  So I wonder...might this repetition of 'water' be another burning bush; God grabbing our attention? A very simple (nothing new) yet rich and enduring message comes to mind. In the dailyness of our lives, we can always drink from the 'water of life”

What if our 'burning bush” shows itself simply in how we live out our days? What if it's just about what we are mindful of? I confess in my own life there have been a few times when I missed that grand opportunity and possibly 'the burning bush' because I was not mindful of doing one “simple thing”.  Sometimes I think the burning bush shows simply itself in the richness of how we live in 'the now'....in the very colors and textures of our life...embracing what is right in front of us.

Drawing from a well, leading the sheep to water, and watering the flock. Images of finding rest, being quenched and the promise of daily sustainance come to my mind. What comes to yours?

Shalom,

Susan Moss