This evening, we met with the saints in home service. Our little gathering is growing in number, but most importantly, we are growing deeper in the things of God. Our roots are deepening as we are getting plenty of refreshing water from the pure river of life.  

In fact, we were presented with a lesson on this very subject. Contrasting Psalms Chapter 1 and Psalms 137-1-4, we studied the two rivers and the effects on the inhabitants surrounding them. Those persons sitting by the rivers of Babylon were sorrowful and in continual mourning when they remembered their earlier joyful days in Zion. They were captives in a strange land. Those persons rooted by the river of life are bearing fruit, not just for their own benefit, but for the benefit of others.