Month: March 2026

          Then the woman left her water jar
          and went back to the city.
                       —John 4.28

She came to the well at noon,
at the end of the line, a nobody.
But Jesus saw in her something else,
something more. Sure enough,
after their conversation (the Bible’s longest!)
when she departed she left her jar—
because she knew she was coming back.
She had a mission, to bring others to him.
She who once was a pariah
had become an effective evangelist.

When you attend
to your deep spiritual thirst,
Jesus meets you there,
and touches your deep spiritual gifts.

And that in turn nourishes Jesus:
after meeting with the woman
Jesus said to his disciples,
“I have food you don’t know about.”
It turns out our deepest hunger and thirst
is also Jesus’.
Only when we are hungry and thirsty
do we join in the feast.

__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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        Those who drink of the water
        that I will give them
        will never be thirsty.
                       —John 4.14

Of course I will thirst again.
I breathe deeply,
yet want one more breath, and another…
God, I will always thirst for your grace,
but never be unsatisfied.
The thirst itself, for nothing less than you,
renews me, nourishes me;
for by your grace there is no difference
between my desire for you
and your desire for me.

Breath prayer:
                           Thirsty . . . for each other

__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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      “Sir, give me this water.”
                          —John 4.15

You are thirsty.
Thirsty with a thirst deeper
than mere desire or even need,
something deeper,
more life-giving.
This thirst at times disturbs you:
you spend energy,
often digging in dry wells,
often chugging a substitute.
But still you thirst.
Give thanks that your soul
knows what it needs.
It craves the grace that is life.
Blessed are you who thirst
for closeness with God.

Breath prayer:
                        You, my thirst . . . you, my satisfaction

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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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