Day 01 - the Shephelah region

This first day in Israel was so amazing. Being sleep-deprived and coming off of such a long day of traveling appeared to have little effect on what God was doing in my life. So many of the sites today added a visual to my bible that I otherwise would not have, like seeing the valley where David fought Goliath. More than this though, I am grateful for the reminder of what God has done and is doing in my heart. While in Bet-Shemesh, Brad led a devotion in the middle of a cistern. He read from Jeremiah 2:11, which called Israel out for rejecting Living Water to seek their own water. At this moment, I was reminded of all the times I have attempted and failed in my own strength to find water and rejected the Living Water offered to me and how in my own flesh I still attempt to find water. God has been and is so gracious to me and grateful to be reminded it is a daily thing to drink from the Living Water. 

-Matt Fabrizio