Dry...or drenched?

I heard of this example once, given by a pastor who spoke at our school during our spiritual emphasis week. He spoke about a fountain (or a well) and had an example of one on stage. He dipped his hand into the water and began to run out into the crowd trying to sprinkle water on as many people as he could.

This example was of God's love. He said that many times we dip our hands into God's love (the water) and run forward trying to share it with as many people as we can. What we don't realize is that our hands dry pretty quickly. We're so busy running forward that we don't stop to see how dry we've become...we just keep running trying to share something we don't have.

He said that instead of dipping our hands in once and running until we're dry, that we need to stay connected to the source of God's love. At this point in his example he stepped into the well and a shower up above turned on drenching him. He said this is how we should be when we're sharing God's love with others...totally overwhelmed and drenched in God's love. Truly connected to it, so much so that we won't become dry as we give it to others.

Why am I writing all of this? Because for a while now I feel as though I've been running dry. The end of the school year is a hectic time and without even realizing it I was wandering...it was becoming harder and harder to chat with God when I felt further and further away from him. I know that in reality he was always right there patiently loving me, guiding me, waiting for me to come back...to get connected to him once more.

Now I feel like I'm getting the chance to reconnect. I'm growing not only in my leadership skills, but also and probably more so in my relationship with God. I don't want to run around until my hands are dry any more...I want to be in the fountain.