River Gives Life

I have thought over in my mind quite a few times why most populated areas near bodies of water. Where I live in Western Washington most of it is made up of water. We have a number of islands or peninsulas. My home town of Gig Harbor is on what is called the Olympic Peninsula. Many call Gig Harbor the gateway of the Olympic Peninsula. Get on this peninsula you have to across over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It is what links the Olympic Peninsula to the rest of Western Washington. All the small islands and peninsulas have to be crossed by bridge as well or by ferry or boat. Before ferries the only way was by boat.

Most of the population in the state of Washington is in the western part of the state. There is Eastern Washington that doesn’t have nearly the population of the western part however most of its people are located near bodies of water.

So the answer to the populations being primarily being near oceans, lakes and rivers because that is where the animals are; much of what we eat comes out of the seas. What doesn’t we have to plant and harvest. This has to be near water because fruits and vegetables need water to survive along with animals on dry land like chickens. So water produces life in many ways. We can only survive because of water.

We are spiritual beings as well. Though not many act on the spiritual side on a daily basis it is still true. The reason we try to find answers to who we are and what are we meant to be. In a nutshell what our purpose being here is.

In the Christian Faith for those who come to God go through a ceremony called baptism and this where you get baptized into water representing new birth in Jesus Christ. God not only wants us to do this as an act but to go into the river of his Holy Spirit because that is where our life being Christians is at.

I am not sure about other religions but I am sure many if not all use water to represent life. So come to Jesus Christ to be renewed and have a new life. Join in getting in the river where life flows. Amen!