Water...It's Kind of a Big Deal

Water...it's kind of a big deal.  

I don't know what it's like to not have it.  I grew up drinking well water, which had sulphur in it, that gave it a funny taste and smell, but I got used to it.  The water wasn't contaminated, it just had a higher sulphur content.  Nevertheless, as long as I have been alive, I have no understanding of existence without clean, healthy water. Which doesn't change the fact that...

Water is a big deal.

"In a newborn infant, this may be as high as 75 percent of the body weight, but it progressively decreases from birth to old age, most of the decrease occurring during the first 10 years of life.  The human body is about 60% water in adult males and 55% in adult females." -Wikipedia

"According to some figures, the consensus is 70.8% (71%) of the surface is water, 29.2 % is land. Other figures suggest the percentage of water (on Earth) is 71.11%..." - Answers.com

So our bodies are about 60% water, on average, & even the earth itself is about 70% water.

New well in Liberian village

Hmmmmmmm...

We got a report in recently from Edwin Moses, one of our pastor/leaders in Liberia.  Edwin writes:

"Praise God, for the Kru town church. This is a town since it was discover some seventy years ago has not experience safe drinking water, today I’m please to say a big thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ through AFJ/WATER OF LIFE MINISTRY that has brought water into this town. It is a big boost for the missionary and the Christian’s in this town as they are now using it for evangelism and also Muslim are now complaining that, since they were born into Islam nothing as  such has happen in this village. Also, on the day the well was turn over to the chief; four persons (Muslims) gave their life to Jesus Christ." 

So, not having water in a village in Liberia was such a big deal that, when a well was installed, and the village had clean water for the very first time, it caused four Muslims to reexamine their view of Christ vs. Allah...and Christ, the wellspring of living water, became their Lord.

Perhaps the well exposed a deeper thirst.

That is a very big deal. 

What are you thirsty for?