A CUP OF COLD WATER ...

"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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