The Adventure of the Lost Fountains
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From Page 22: Eleven fountains in hand to the village they ran, singing and dancing and leaping, back to the place where they started their race, they stood with their hearts a beating. For in the woods. where the fountain had been, stood their star, a man majestic and shining. And he said to them with a friendly grin, “It is I you seek – not the fountain”. Into laughter they burst and quenched their thirst, from His hands and from His side, and all were set free and delighted to see, He had made his home inside them, and who is this bright and morning star. His name is Jesus The Son of God
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We all come into this world with such high hopes and optimism. Our hearts are bursting with good feelings represented in this parable by a full fountain. We have huge appetites and want to gorge ourselves on the feast of wonders that the world offers. It doesn't take long for our little hearts to be broken when we are scolded by our parents, teased at school or fail to meet our own high expectations. The balloon pops. We lose the running race. We break our favourite toy. We are told by our parents that we are a princess or prince and yet our friends at school have nicer hair and look more like Barbie or Ken than we do. The fullness of our hearts starts to leak out through these cracks in the reservoir walls of our souls and there is a real danger that we may turn to cracked cisterns of nourishment that do not satisfy, and we become our own worst enemy. Challenges and disappointments are inevitable. It's all about how we respond to them internally. Do we embrace life or turn away and get more fragmented by the monsters that lurk within. This story describes the adventures of two children as they encounter external obstacles and difficulties and learn how to overcome their internal demons and mental health issues and uncover their true peace and meaning in Christ, the hidden wholeness. The journey of becoming present to his presence a non-anxious, loving, universal, full and welcoming God. A source of life affirming satisfaction that is forever unbreakable and secure.
About the Author
David Clarke was born in Zimbabwe. He grew up with high expectations of himself and after having a great time at school with his friends, he launched into a passionate life with massive hedonistic enthusiasm. David lived in South Africa, Ireland, Israel and Australia. David reached for the stars but unfortunately encountered several serious failures, rejections and calamities of his own device. After horrific downward spiralling behavioural issues, he continues to have conversion experiences where he has become aware of the constant love and grace of God. David however still fails multiple times to manage his inner life, occupation, career, relationships and education. David is still increasingly aware of a divine presence who just keeps loving him and inviting him to life. David recently failed as a Christian minister and fell into alcoholism and experienced an even greater sense of the goodness, mercy and joy of a higher power. David currently lives in a little house nestled into the side of a ridge in the foothills of the Kunanyi mountain at the edge of hundreds of thousands of square kilometres of wilderness Heritage Forest. The forest is full of tiny mammals, birds, insects and streams with fish, gigantic desert and Antarctic air currents swirl high overhead and sculpt surrealistic cloud formations, the island of Tasmania is tantalisingly shrouded in indigenous mystery. David is grateful for his beautiful long suffering wife Angie Clarke and two little divine sunbeams Angelika and Dave Patrick delivered recently by He who satisfies our desires with good things so that our youth is renewed like the Eagles.