Sunday, January 17, 2010

Call to help!

If I want a glass of water I go to the sink and I get clean fresh water. As Pastor Dann keeps going through the sermon series "A Hole in the Gospel" I felt like today he was talking to me. The message was about when we help out people in need that we are helping out Christ. He said that 1 out 6 people don't have running water. Every 15 seconds a child will die because of a disease they will get because of the lack of running water. Water is something that I use every day. Just imagine one day if you woke up and wanted a glass of water, but you couldn't because you didn't have any water. Or the water that you did have was dirty and full of disease. We as Americans use about 100 gallons of water per day (i think). Pastor Dann had a bucket filled with 1 gallon of water and he had a woman hold it. He said that imagine if you have to carry three of those buckets. One in each hand and one on your head and walk a few miles just to get your family fresh water.
For that reason I felt the call of God. There is a website: www.water4.org if you donate six dollars that is enough to give one person a drink. If you think about it six dollars isn't all that much, maybe one meal at a fast food place, or three cups of coffee at your local coffee shop. I just know that today I will be donating to that organization. I just felt God working in my heart today, and I want to do something to help!