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A CUP OF COLD WATER ...

8/15/2017

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"And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
                                                         –  Matthew 10:42: English Standard Holy Bible


It was a brief announcement that I typed into the newspaper’s events section.

Just a line or two saying that Registered Nurse Pat Cronk would give a diabetes education program today at Ebenezer Presbyterian,  a sweet old country church deep in the countryside.  I emailed that I’d like to attend the fellowship gathering to  write about the program for the next her magazine for women.

Pat’s husband, Pastor Alan McCraine, said that would be great.

The program was interesting, informative, and the story will appear in the magazine, as planned.

But what I didn’t anticipate was an unrelated personal challenge. Alan said he is encouraging churchgoers to offer a “cup of cold water” in the name of Jesus, to – someone. In fact, members are urged to dig into their pockets at the end of the day and save the dimes to donate back to the Cup of Cold Water Fund so this project continues.

He figures the “cups” or in today’s application of the term, portable, plastic bottles of water, cost a dime apiece. The fund will replenish the bottles.

Alan urged everyone attending today’s community-outreach program to grab a bottle of water and accept his challenge to find someone to share it with in the next week, and offer it on behalf of the Lord.

So I did. As I drove home from work today, I eyed the water bottle in my cup holder. It looked like any other bottle I might have on hand in that very spot. But this one is different.
It’s for someone else.

I’m on alert for that someone, and in keeping whatever appointment God has for me in the days to come to share the water. I’ll let you know what unfolds.

Have you ever accepted a challenge such as this?

Want to share what happened?

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Debbie M. link
8/17/2017 07:56:28 am

Donna, I think faith compels us to have a "bottle of water" ready for divine appointments, whether it is an encouraging word, a kind deed, a prayer prompted by what we see around us or a literal bottle of water. There are needs that God has already planned for us to fill if if our eyes are open and our hearts are willing!

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Donna Cronk
8/18/2017 04:51:21 am

Debbie,
Such a good point. The water is serving as that reminder to me ... twice in one week, under separate circumstances, I've been challenged to see what God does with a couple of things. One a situation, one a bottle of water. Watching and waiting.

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