Freshwater: Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

I have no idea why, but until I started reading this book I honestly thought it was really about things you save in a fire, you know, important things, priorities, a self-help type book. In fact, I put off reading it for a long time, because for some reason that was the impression I had. People told me it was a great book, but didn't really give any details about it, and that was just what I thought for some reason. Have I mentioned that I often don't read the blurbs on the back cover?

This book was wonderful. It made me feel mushy and tingly inside, angry and upset, sad, and oh so very happy. I laughed, I awwwwed, and I enjoyed it very much. I will absolutely read another by this author. Bring it on!