A couple of years ago my Aunt Margie died and somehow we ended up with the old pump that set out in her backyard, now it sets in ours. When Margie and her husband Ray moved to town they took the old pump that had been in the washroom of their old farm house and brought it to town with them. I guess they brought it as a memento of the many years they had lived in the country. I remember visiting my aunt and uncle on the farm and as you came into the house you walked through the washroom before you entered the kitchen. It was there in the washroom where you’d pump the handle on the old pump and draw up water from the large cistern with which to wash up after chores or before meals. Now when I look at that bright red pump in my backyard I’m reminded of my Aunt Margie. She and Ray never had children of their own, so she delighted in her sister’s children, and we never doubted her love for us. Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter serve as reminders of how much God loves and delights in us. Through Christ we are able to draw from an endless supply of living water, water to not only make us clean, but to drink that we may be refreshed and renewed. I don’t know about you, but when I consider God’s awesome love for me and for every person in the world…..well….it pumps me up!
