A Bucket of Rocks

   In an email my Iron Sister sent me the other day, she compared  God's "light, love, and presence" to water going into a bucket of rocks. This struck me and I decided I wanted to expand on it!  
   The bucket represents our lives and the rocks are the things we fill it with. We can carefully fill our lives with as many beautiful rocks the will fit but we will never be completely full. There will always be little gaps creating a longing in us to fill them and we search desperately for a rock that will fit into the space perfectly or try to reorganize our lives to close the countless gaps. However, despite the pains we go to to fill gaps, filling one, often creates another. The only thing that can truly fill us is water (aka God's life, love, and presence which equates to Jesus who is the living water!) Water can find all the gaps and will fill them completely. There is an endless supply of water as well, God never withholds Himself from us!
   The water also overflows out of our bucket, something rocks can't do. And when it overflows, it fills the buckets of those around us. Once they are full, they can start overflowing onto those around them and the cycle of God's love continues!
   After a while the water will wear down the rocks in us so that we are less full of earthly things and more full of God. Every now and then we throw in another rock (sin), but God continues to supply His living water whenever we ask(and occasionally when we don't!) 
   The only thing that can cut off this constant flow of water is us. But when we ask, God will always be willing to fill us up again. Thank you God for filling our buckets in a way so that we are satisfied and can satisfy others!