The Beauty of Water

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. (James 4:13-17 ESV). Scott Michael Ringo quotes: "With the Sunrise the frost turns a sparkling orange as the waking sun breaks the morning into yet another day. Frosty crystals dance with light in their brief and brilliant life as the sun's warming glow change them into a soft mist that gently rises from the earth. In one brief moment, creation breathes the first breath of the new day, granting yet another day to many, while some left yesterday. The song of morning again creation sings, and does not forget, His ancient melody that has been playing since time began. A whisper of wonder and of awe repeated each morning since that light glistened the first morning of creation". Water comes in many forms and all of them have a beauty of their own. The ocean waves crashing on the shore soothes the ears and the sound runs through the mind like a gentle wind. Mist rising from the earth in the morning brings serenity to the eyes and its fragrance calms the spirit. Snow sparks the imagination as it clings to the trees and smoothes the landscape into gentle rolling hills. Gentle raindrops falling bring peace and relaxation to the busy world it falls on. Water, regardless of its form, comes to continue life by giving of itself so life around it can live. Water brings life and refreshment to all it touches. As water in its different forms fill brief moments of time, so do our lives. James helps us to remember that in our reading this morning. He says our lives are like “the morning fog.” It is here a little while, and then it's gone. As real and tangible the world seems to us, it is but a vapor. For each of us it is here today but one day will be gone. God promises to create a new heaven and a new earth for us that will remain forever. That life and earth to come is the life we long for, though this one has taken its place. While we are here on this earth, we are to fulfill the same role as the different forms of water. We are to bring life to all that our lives touch. Allow God to transform your life into a gift that is as uniquely beautiful as the forms of water, bringing life to all that it touches. As we allow God use our life as water pouring out on this earth, do not hold on to the temporary that is just a vapor. Instead, hold on to the promise of the life that we will have in a new and perfect world to come. You are beautiful in all the forms that God makes your life.