For a while, I think I will be focusing on water in our world, because, as you can imagine, water is more precious than gold in many parts of the world, and I think it is healthy to look at some of the situations people face.
We take water for granted in America, as I have griped about to an obnoxious degree. We don't even think twice about getting a drink from the tap,(or buying water bottles if we don't trust the tap), or washing dishes, or showering, or watering our lawns. However imagine living in a shanty town in a developing country.
Your water access would be something like this:
Grab a few jugs or buckets and find a spigot or well somewhere, some distance from your so-called house.
Have a minimum of clothes, because you can't afford more, and also because you must wash them by hand, either in a stream or a bucket from a small amount of water you collected at the previously noted spigot or well.
No flushing toilets.
Carry all sorts of parasites and abdominal troubles because the water is never quite what it should be in your part of town.
What's a lawn, anyway?
I watched a video last semester where a nomadic tribe in Africa only drinks one small glass of water each per day, because they want to make sure that their bodies are not dependent on more, since more isn't always available.
Enjoy your ready access to water, but remember to pray for those who's access is not so easy. And pray that they will know the Living Water as well.
We take water for granted in America, as I have griped about to an obnoxious degree. We don't even think twice about getting a drink from the tap,(or buying water bottles if we don't trust the tap), or washing dishes, or showering, or watering our lawns. However imagine living in a shanty town in a developing country.
Your water access would be something like this:
Grab a few jugs or buckets and find a spigot or well somewhere, some distance from your so-called house.
Have a minimum of clothes, because you can't afford more, and also because you must wash them by hand, either in a stream or a bucket from a small amount of water you collected at the previously noted spigot or well.
No flushing toilets.
Carry all sorts of parasites and abdominal troubles because the water is never quite what it should be in your part of town.
What's a lawn, anyway?
I watched a video last semester where a nomadic tribe in Africa only drinks one small glass of water each per day, because they want to make sure that their bodies are not dependent on more, since more isn't always available.
Enjoy your ready access to water, but remember to pray for those who's access is not so easy. And pray that they will know the Living Water as well.
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