Musings on Saving the World…One Cup of Clean Water at a Time

Imagine living in a place where clean water is nothing more than a hope. Imagine having the luxury of small amounts of clean drinking water but dirty, non-potable water for bathing, washing clothes and dishes. Imagine having to pay a small fortune for an amount of clean water barely large enough for your family to drink on a daily basis. A sad reality is that a huge portion of the world lives these realities every single day.

Now imagine how much water we waste during the course of a normal day. I have done a personal inventory and I’ll be the first to admit I’m a first class water waster. I tend to turn the shower on and let it warm up to my favorite temperature before jumping in. I’m prone to wash my car with a leaky water hose and I end up with as much water on me as is on my car. (When) I wash dishes I often leave the water on between rinses. I’m sure there’s more but I’m suddenly too embarrassed to go on. I’ve been to the Third World and witnessed kids drinking from ditches. I, of all people, should know better.

So here’s my plan for Water Awareness and Repentance: I commit to becoming a better steward of the precious commodity of clean water. I also commit to ramping up my awareness of the shrinking supply of clean water across the world. I also, also commit to sharing my resources so children won’t have to consume nasty water. In other words, I am going to contribute to the JCBC Annual Missions Offering, knowing that a portion of my gift will be applied to clean water initiatives. And, I commit to never, ever looking at a glass of clean water in the same ways again.

Please consider joining me in this recommitment to being better clean water stewards. JCBC will be buying a clean water system and installing it in the Third World Dominican Republic if our annual offering is strong enough. If should not be a word in the lexicon of JCBC. We are the church that met challenges at the epicenter soon after the Haiti earthquake. We meet missional needs from the Mexico-Texas border to around the corner at No Longer Bound. We roll in after hurricanes and tornadoes. If is not a word we embody.

So give, and together and collectively let’s save a segment of the D.R. with clean water. Then we will save somewhere else. That’s what we do. We are JCBC!

Michael McCullar



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