WATER!

A few minutes ago I did something that we Americans do all the time. We take the action for granted. I turned on the water. I was making some lemonade. When the jug was about full I noticed that the contents looked more like iced-tea than lemonade. Public works has been doing some work and the water is full of a reddish substance. That batch of lemonade went down the drain.

I was bugged that the water that came out of the tap was more than water. Many people in the world would be surprised to see water like that which ruined tomorrow's beverage. They never see water that pure.

Around the world people suffer and die for lack of clean water. Dysentery, cholera, and other diseases born by polluted water devastate many communies. The very young and the weak are especially susceptible. In some places women spend most of their days finding and transporting enough water to keep their families alive.

Here is a website that gives a great deal of information about the need for clean water around the world. http://thewaterproject.org/how-to-give-clean-water.asp


Not to in any way am I seeking to diminish the importance of clean water, but of even greater importance is the fact that vast areas of the world are practically devoid of the Living Water (and here and here). Again, many of us take the opportunity to hear the Good News--in church, on the radio, Internet, or TV--or to read it in a book or magazine for granted. We shouldn't. It is a precious privilege.

An old saying says, "You never miss the water until the well runs dry." For me it was "until the tap runs brown."

It's STTA.