I know that this video is about the need to recycle plastic (in which I agree). But, seeing bottle after bottle of water being drained away reminds me that we all have this insatiable thirst within us that will never be quenched. Though we drink and drink and drink, we will always have to drink more. This reminds me of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well who was also thirsting (John 4:1-45), but her thirst was for more than just water, she thirsted to be loved and accepted. But, because of her brokenness and shame, instead of finding lasting security, she wandered from lover to lover.

When Jesus encounters her, He offers her what her heart's been thristing for: He offers her eternal security (John 4:13-14). In this divinely orchestrated moment, He loves and accepts her just as she is and then offers her Himself, the Messiah, the Savior of her soul (John 4:26). The One who will satisfy the eternal thirst of her heart. What is it that you thirst for? Have you allowed Jesus to satisfy your eternal thirst?

receive this...

...from a heart of love

Mother Teresa inspires me to to love more, to love fuller, to love grander. She challenges me to love in a way that is beyond me because she challenges me to incarnate the very love of God. This mean that I must embrace more fully my own status as God's treasured possession as His child. My love must be born out of His love for me (1 John 4:19). If it is not then, my love will always be just that "my love" which will always be in some way selfish and not God's love which is selfless. This is Incarnational love, this is what the Nativity says to the world: Jesus had it all, but He still chose to give it all up, in order to be born in a manger and then eventually be put to death on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8), so that sinners/people could be reconciled back to God (Romans 5:8).

We are suppose to incarnate this kind of love, a selfless love that looks to the needs of others first and then our own second. This kind of love will always be beyond us, but it is not for us to do alone. It is a task to be accomplished in the fellowship of Christ and His Body. Being the very hands and feet of Jesus means: allowing His love to flow in and through us which will bring hope to a lost and broken world while transforming and unifying us as one.