Guess What??? The Big Man installed a fountain… right in the middle of our lobby! In following with my earlier blogs on the subject of Church, I have begun to see the “lobby” more and more clearly as the place I am calling home.
When my studies began opening up a picture of what I thought church might look like, this lobby is the part of the body that I feel equipped for serving others in, considering myself a hostess. Whether you believe, whether you feel a bit lost, or maybe your just a bit weary on your journey and need a quiet respite to regain your strength for the journey… come on in! I am guessing that this is what the new fountain has been installed for… you, me, your friends, my friends, and all of our families. Aren’t we all supposed to be considering each other as brothers and sisters? I am not capable of dragging souls in off the highway, nor should it be my job.
I simply believe that I am being led to stand fast in said Lobby, to be readily available to you, for prayer, encouragement, hope, and to point you to the table of refreshments, and now to the fountain of life giving hope…
I have no picture as of yet to fully show the magnitude of this fountain, but I will do my best effort in words to describe what I see…
How does one give a description of something that defies the laws of nature, something that is beyond understanding? I will begin by saying that if you were to enter through the lobby entrance, you would be taken aback by the enormity of the fountain in the heart of the room. Before you rests an enormous stone, seemingly buried half way into the floor beneath it. As your eyes look up, you realize that the stone begins to transform into the base of a great tree… reaching all the way to the ceiling of the lobby, it’s branches stretch high and wide, full of lush green, heart shaped leaves. You know the tree is living because there on the floor, all the way around the fountain, are leaves of different colors, due to when they had fallen away from the tree above…
The most mind blowing part of this great fountain, is the pool of water that is held within the center of the rock, inside a tear in the heart of the tree trunk growing out of the great stone! As your wonder and curiosity build, you are drawn closer so as to look within the tree… There you see a hollow space within the lush foliage, where the most beautifully clear water is bubbling up gently, from the stone itself… You may start to feel a thirst growing as you approach… I know that I get that way each time I approach, and I can assure you that the water is of the purest quality. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I went right up and started drinking as soon as I saw the fountain…
I did figure out that the water was fresh, in part, because I walked around to the back of the fountain and discovered it is cracked… well, not really cracked… just super porous, where water is always dripping or seeping out onto the floor… its not pooling or spreading out, but rather, it seems to be seeping back into the base of the rock, and down into the earth below.
I am still deeply in study over CHURCH, but I felt I should update you on the fountain at least… whether I am in the lobby or not, now that you know it is here, please feel free to enjoy it…
If you were curious, I am currently in the book of Luke. What a harvest of information to gather and put into the pantries of my soul. I will keep you posted on where it leads me next…
Journey With Me! 