What Goes Down in the Well Comes Up in the Bucket
As a little girl, I loved to visit relatives who had a well with a bucket. The bucket was tied to the end of a rope. To get water, we had to:
- Lower the bucket into the well
- Listen for the bucket to go under the water
- Turn the crank on the side of the well to bring up the bucket of water
I learned what goes down in the well comes up in the bucket.
- Throw toys in the well; toys come up.
- Dump garbage in the well; garbage comes up.
- Spill food in the well; food comes up.
The same holds true for our lives.
What we pour into our lives comes out in how we live.
- Feed our minds and hearts good thoughts; good behavior follows.
- Dump trash into our brains; we treat ourselves and others like trash.
- Fill our lives with truth; we live that truth.
Our actions show what we believe.
- If we believe in respect, we show respect.
- When we love others, we show love.
- If we have faith in God, we demonstrate that faith.
Let’s get our lives right before we kick the bucket. Let’s make our good deeds more than a drop in the bucket.
“Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life’” (John 4:13-14 NIV).
Thanks to Dr. Dwayne Norman, pastor of Campbellsville Baptist Church, for the suggestion. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.
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