The One who created us is the One who can satisfy us. Jesus has a monopoly on our satisfaction yet He does not price gouge us. He offers us Himself for free. The Lord says: “Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost.” (Isaiah 55:1)

I recently spent a few days in San Francisco with Evie, our youngest daughter. Because I was a few weeks away from teaching through the Beatitudes and Jesus’ message that “happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled,” I noticed meals through the lens of His words.

One morning Evie and I rode bikes over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a long trek for a nine-year-old, so instead of riding back over the bridge we took the ferry from Sausalito back to San Francisco. Evie was, and I quote, “dying of hunger and thirst,” and there was one vendor selling drinks and snacks on the ferry. When there is only one vendor, prices generally skyrocket to where you pay three bucks for a small bag of crackers and three bucks for a bottle of water.

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