A couple of days ago, the X-man asked if I’d drive him and his project to school. Of course, on the way it was discovered that the glue wasn’t sticking, so we had to come back home, get the hot glue gun going, get the project re-glued and head off to the school (late).

But, I digress. What was interesting about the project is the kids had to create their river of life. Using river vocabulary words, they had to do a representation of their river, complete with what in their life fit the definition (sample from X’s project – source: I was born).

It really got me to thinking about how my river would look. Firstly, it would have a lot more bends and winds than his. And, while he had a small dam (lack of imagination was his blockage there) I don’t think the piece of plywood would hold my dams (not letting go of things, letting my relationship with God slide, those pesky negative thoughts, judgmentalism ).

Interestingly, while I was contemplating these thoughts, I happened across this Psalm on The Bluecanopy:

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1 O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6 On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
9 They who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God's name will praise him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
Psalm 63

It’s a good reminder of who is the source, how my river should flow, and how to breach the dam.

(photo of the Dnieper River found here)