Waterfall

“Waterfall drink your fill


Washing over you it spills


Night and day it’s runnin’ wild


We’re born to be a river child

Tossed about like a toy


From the badlands to good soil


We could’ve never bargained for


This mighty ride of Joy

This is Love that’s been spilled


This is grace that is willed


Every empty heart be filled


Waterfall waterfall”

Waterfall by Peter Mayer, Brendan Mayer + Adam Guth

It’s all about baptism. I was in a museum dedicated to ancient manuscripts. This particular place was built to house “texts” long before the word “text” became a verb.

It is really a temple for the written word. The benefactor collected sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. I spent quite a bit of time just wandering around and looking at these magnificent books, scrolls and drawings.

Just as I was leaving the building, my eye was drawn to the lovely display of water.  I thought to myself, “Wow, if I was in charge of church architecture I’d want every worship space to have significant sacred space dedicated to a water exhibition."

For me, it’s all about baptism. It tells us who we are and whose we are. Peter calls us “river children” for it is “love that’s been spilled, this is grace that is willed, Every empty heart be filled.”

Celebrate the gift of water today and every day.

Peace,

Rtg