Beautiful Gate

After experiencing the dry, barren wilderness in Israel I felt I understood better why the Lord uses water as a symbol for the spirit.  Ezekiel explains that the waters that issue forth from the temple will heal the wilderness and even the most dead of all, the salt sea.  The healing of the dead sea not only represents a renewing of the earth, but the healing of our souls through the spirit.  I think the Lord wants us to realize that it’s not just land that is barren, but our lives too, would a barren wilderness without the waters of life that flow from the temple.  I pray that we can allow the Lord to guide us continually, satisfy our soul in drought, to do as Isaiah says, to fill our lives with Godliness so that our “souls will be as a well watered garden.”