When we are truly thirsty, nothing satisfies quite like water. It refreshes, restores, and gives us life. Perhaps that's why God so often uses water to teach us the deeper truths of our faith throughout scripture. God parts the waters of the Red Sea to create a way forward for a people who felt trapped. Water gushes from a rock to sustain the Israelites in the wilderness. Jesus meets a weary woman beside a well and offers her living water that satisfies the deepest thirst of the human soul. And in the waters of baptism, we remember that we are claimed, cleansed, and made new by the grace of Christ.