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Show FOR BETTER LIVING (Following is the first of a series of articles by officials of the Milford churches. Pastors, Pas-tors, bishops, and church leaders lead-ers are invited to submit similar sim-ilar articles for publication.) By JIM SLOAN Pastor, Milford Community Methodist Church WATER IS LIFE! We who live in a land of sparse rainfall know the value of water. All conservation measures are necessary ne-cessary to store and use water creatively. Jeremiah, a prophet of the Old Testament period, born about 650 B. C, also knew its , value. He illustrated the plight of his people by his reference to "broken cisterns." He said. "For my people have committed commit-ted two evils; they have forsaken for-saken me, the fountain of living liv-ing waters, and hewed out cisterns cis-terns for themselves, broken cisterns, that can hold no water" (Jer. 2:13). Imagine the consternation if the Minersville Reservoir was gone over-night. A broken storage tank no longer usable. Compare this with a fountain of continuous waters that would never run dry. So Isaiah compared the living waters of God as against the broken cisterns of men. We are now confronted with the realities of the Cuban Crisis. Cris-is. Will the alliances made by men, and the things which many rely on give us security, or destruction? Are they only broken cisterns of our faith Continued on Back Page HERE'S MORE ABOUT FOR BETTER LIVING Continued from Page One and belief'.' Jeremiah told his people that security could be found only by a personal covenant with God, as his laws were written on their hearts, as His ways become their will and desire. In these days of crisis, we can profit by Jeremiah's suggestionthat sug-gestionthat FOR BETTER LIVING we need to tap the resources of the fountain of life, God, our Father, rather than depend on the approval, alliances, and complicities of man. |