The Water of Life

(Received by email this morning)

Why I don't ask for anything to drink at a rich person's house -

Question: "What would you like to have...Fruit juice, Soda, Tea, Chocolate, Milo, or Coffee?"
Answer: "Tea please."
Question: Ceylon tea, Herbal tea, Bush tea, Honey bush tea, Ice tea or green tea?"
Answer: "Ceylon tea"
Question: "How would you like it? black or white ?"
Answer: "White."
Question: "Milk, Whitener, or Condensed milk?"
Answer: "With milk."
Question: "Goat milk, Camel milk or cow milk?"
Answer: "With cow milk please."
Question: "Milk from Friesland cow or Jersey cow?"
Answer: "Um, I'll take it black."
Question: "Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?"
Answer: "With sugar."
Question: "Beet sugar or cane sugar?"
Answer: "Cane sugar."
Question: "White, brown or yellow sugar?"
Answer: "Forget about tea just give me a glass of water instead."
Question: "Mineral water or still water?"
Answer: "Mineral water."
Question: "Flavoured or non-flavoured?"
Answer: "Forget it. I think I'd rather die of thirst!"

Kinda reminds me of "church-shopping" in a way.

A man thirsty for God decides to go to church one day (logical place, he thinks, 'cos God MUST be there). But within a radius of 5km there are 12 different denominations, some of which have more than one church building. So he asks a friend, "Which church should I go to?" Friend starts asking what he's looking for, and it ends up a little like the above, but with creeds and beliefs and denominational oddities subsituted. Finally the thirsty man decides trying to get the Water of Life is just too much hassle, and gives up.

What if we went around carrying one option in our souls - God and God alone - for those who thirst? What if we left off the divisive options and just offered the Good News to those who seek? How many more hungry and thirsty people would find refreshing in God then?