A land of rivers of water

"There the majestic Lord will be for us;

a place of broad rivers and streams"

Isaiah 33:21

We took a lot of pictures when we were camping last month.  The Apple of my Eye, and my Awesome Girl are both wonderful photographers.  Amazing Boy and I also love to take pictures, but neither of us has much chance to get our hands on the camera!

So Awesome Girl took most of the pictures when we were camping, and if you look through the pictures that she took, you'll see wonderful shots of trees, and mountains, and flowers and pine cones, and family and friends in various activities like fishing, toasting marshmallows and hiking.

But I think, what there is the most of, are pictures of the river.   There's just something about water, isn't there?

I got to thinking about this the other evening, during a rainstorm.   I just love a summertime downpour!  And the good thing about summer rain is that we can have some windows open, cuz it's not too cold.  I just love listening to the rain.  Running water is such a soothing sound.   Even the smell of rain is pleasant. 

We've got a fountain in our backyard, too, for the days it's not raining.  Which is most of them.   It's nice because we can hear the trickling of it even if we're inside the house, and if we're outside, we can both hear it and see it.   Water can be just as interesting to watch as it is to listen to.  Isn't it wonderfully mesmerizing to just sit and watch it bubble, or go by in a stream, or come crashing to the shore or fall from a great height?

All of this is why my girl took so many pictures of the river when we were there.  The sight, the sound, the smell.... beautiful...

"He brought streams out of the rock, 

and caused waters to run down like rivers"

Psalm 78:16

"A river went out of Eden to water the garden"

Genesis 2:10

"Let the rivers clap their hands, 

let the hills be joyful together before the Lord!"

Psalm 98:8

"When you pass through the rivers, I will be with you"

Isaiah 43:2

"There will be on every high mountain,
and on every high hill, 

rivers and streams of waters"

Isaiah 30:25

"A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, 

proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb" 

Revelation 22:1

"He shall be like a tree planted by the waters, 

which spreads out its roots by the river"

Jeremiah 17:8

"The waters of the river, strong and mighty"

Isaiah 8:7

"They went through the river on foot.
There we will rejoice in Him."

Psalm 66:6

"like gardens by the riverside, 
like aloes planted by the Lord, 
like cedars beside the waters"

Numbers 24:6

"There is a river whose streams 

 shall make glad the city of God"

Psalm 46:4

"You visit the earth and water it, 

You greatly enrich it; 

the river of God is full of water"

Psalm 65:9

"All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; 

to the place from which the rivers come, 

there they return again"

Ecclesiastes 1:7

There's just something about water, isn't there?

~ "he who believes in Me... 

out of his heart will flow rivers of living water" ~

John 7:38