Meditations from the River: Healing Waters for Troubled Times

By Carol Romeo

Have you ever jumped into a cool lake or river in the heat of a summer day? If you have, then you know how wondrously refreshing it is. All the heat that had permeated your body and consumed your thinking is suddenly drawn from you by this amazing liquid plunge. If this is true in the natural, how much more amazing would a plunge into God’s river be?

Meditations from the River: Healing Waters for Troubled Times is an invitation for you to jump into the river of God. Through this collection of poems and meditations there is a stream of Jesus’ love, compassion and transformation to meet you at your point of need. Do you need healing in your emotions from a recent loss or heartbreak? Are you dry in your spirit or sick in your body? Have you suffered a lengthy trial and need refreshing? Do you long for the comfort of the Father’s hand? It can all be found in the river of God.

In the midst of my suffering, however, I did not always believe that the healing waters of God were there for me. I reveal my battle with fibromyalgia and some of the unhealthy ways I responded to my multiple losses and pain. But, I am so grateful that God did not give up on me. You will hear the ways the river of God met me, the words of comfort He spoke to me, and the peace His river washed over me. I invite you to make a way for the river that is flowing to you.