Last Saturday we were all challenged (through Nelson Mandela's example) to do 67 minutes of community service or to do something remarkable for other people.
Whilst on the Mission Trip to Ubombo, we never focused on the '67 minutes' but we were serving others in many ways. One of the things that challenged me from our time away was our use of water. You may have read from previous posts that we had to contend with a water shortage whilst 'up the mountain.' So for many of us 'city people' things like brushing teeth, using the toilet, showering, drinking etc all took on new dimensions. We actually had to do some planning and thinking as to how we coped with these ordinary tasks.
On monday, whilst I was enjoying the freedom of brushing my teeth (with running water on tap), it struck me how much water is normally wasted through a simple task of brushing our teeth. Think about this...
There are many people that leave the water running whilst brushing their teeth (including me at times), but how much water is wasted like this? Maybe 300-500ml a time? So if in an average family of 4, almost 2 litres could be wasted in the morning and another 2 litres at night. Thats 4 l per day and 120 litres a month. Now do the maths - even amongst 1000 families linked up with a school (e.g. Maritzburg College), we would waste 120 000 litres of water in one month (and lots of money too!).
That good drinking water is wasted because I am too lazy to turn my tap on and off...boy, do I feel guilty.So here is to never brushing my teeth again, whilst letting the tap run!
When reading Genesis 1 & 2 we should not assume that ours is the right to abuse what God has given to us. We are given the privilege of being His stewards or caretakers. We will give an account of what we do with this gift.
Drink from God's pools of GRACE,
D3LM3
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