YOU WOULD have loved Aunt Gertie. We met her first in a little gospel hall in Gordon Bay, Ontario. She was very old — one of the pioneers — and had attended the meetings there all her long hard life. Her face was all furrows and wrinkles; her hands work-worn and hard. But her smile was radiant as the sunshine; and her hearty handshake genuine and warm.
“How long have you known Jesus?” we asked.
“Ever since I got lost in the bush.” “Tell us about it.”
“I was eight years old. Already I knew I was lost in my sins. But hunting up the cows one hot summer day I got lost in the woods. I ran and ran till I thought I would die of thirst. So I knelt down and called, “Oh God, give me a drink.” Right away, I found a drink waiting. There in front of me was a hole punched in the soft ground by a cow’s foot long before. It was full of clear rain water. So while I knelt, I drank”
Late in the day, when at last she reached home with the cows, Gertie was a new creature in Christ Jesus for God declares “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Cor. 5:1717Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)). Had not Jesus said, “If any man thirst let him come unto Me and drink"? She came, she drank, she was saved. And from that day she became a willing worker for Jesus, always serving others, and helping to bring others to Him.
Jesus gave her water
that was not from the well;
Jesus gave her water
that was not from the well;
She went away singing,
she came back bringing
Others for the water
that was not from the well.
Jesus still gives water
that is not from the well;
Jesus still gives water
that is not from the well;
To all who come believing
and His own Word receiving,
He’ll give the heavenly water
that is not from the well.
ML-03/10/1974