Watercolor Wednesday: Living water

I find this recent painting that my dad created so evocative. It captures those weeks in Minnesota that seemingly go on a long time – when the snow has melted but the signs of Spring feel far off. Brown is the color of the ground and perhaps of the soul, as things can feel lifeless and perhaps hopeless.

Maybe you feel a bit brown these days, as the stay-inside orders and all that is behind them affect you with some small – or huge – griefs. Yet the stream with its color and life brings hope to the scene, just as God’s living water brings life and grace as it cleanses and renews us.

May you, during these uncertain times, receive the gift of God’s living water.