Swallowing a Waterfall

Have you ever tried to swallow a waterfall?

Water gets everywhere.

In your eyes.

Up your nose.

In your ears.

And no mater how much you drink, there is still more water flowing

and pounding

and beating

and splashing in all directions

until you find yourself

no longer consuming the waterfall

but being consumed by it.

It is a terrifying,

exhilarating,

wonderous experience.

In Ruthless Trust, Brennen Manning writes, "We are made for that which is too big for us. We are made for God, And nothing less will ever satisfy us."

We are made for that which is too big for us.

That thought, for me, made reading the entire book worth it.

We are made to swallow a waterfall. Even though logic says that is impossible, the inner wiring of our createdness demands we make the attempt,

but too often we settle for small sips of tepid water

that leave us

wanting,

parched,

thirsty.

We pursue what we can control.

But God invites us to live life

getting soaked

in the spray of a love

that overwhelms us,

a passion that swallows us,

a destiny that drenches us.

With mouths wide open,

we can drink deeply,

again and again.