buckets

there is a book called " How full is you bucket?" and it talks about how our emotional needs and reserves are met by the qualitative interactions that take place with others throughout the day. If the encounters are positive our "buckets" are filled, but if they are not, we run the risk of living empty, dry lives. If we extend that philosophy to our encounters with God, how are we doing. If we rarely seek Him, He can not fill our buckets. If we seek Him seeking our own egotistical entitlements we will still come out, perhaps not empty, but filled with something other than what we came for. When we seek God with humility, broken spirits, sincerity, truth, and ready to listen, then God can fill our buckets with loads of fruit...gentleness, peace, joy, love, patience, etc...And when God fills, He fills abundantly. We can take our buckets and disperse to others then keep going back for more and more from this fount that has no need to ration the quantities it gives away. Praise God for His mercy, blessings and grace! Our spiritual buckets have their source forever through His Son and the gifts of the Spirit!