Sweet, comic valentine…
You make me smile with my heart…
I have been lucky enough to celebrate 26 Valentine's Days with my love. (Maybe 25. There was that time in college when we broke up. But that was only for one night. I don't *think* the breakup occurred over Valentine's Day - that would have been stupid of me - but the breakup WAS precipitated by someone else buying me flowers. So…)
Trent is the romantic in the family. He's not into buying flowers and chocolates and whatnots, though. His gifts take months of thought and planning. He specializes in big events - the year Sam was two we bought a fixer-upper and I thought I'd never leave the house again except to go to work and Lowe's: he arranged childcare and a surprise overnight getaway complete with chocolate-covered strawberries and champagne. Or last November after sixteen months of near-cocooning with our son he arranged a four-day vacation to South Beach and somehow stayed well within budget. (Except perhaps for the lobster ravioli at Prime Italian. But that was worth breaking the bank.) Those are just a couple of his wonderful and romantic presents.
Today he gives his best present ever - a present six months in the making, one that has required daily thought, prayer and sacrifice.
Today is the day he completes his six month water challenge and buys a well for a village in Malawi with the money he's saved.
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| Photo from Marion Medical Mission (www.mmmwater.org) |
Today my six months of drinking H2O only comes to an end. I was hoping to have some great revelations to share with everyone on the lessons I learned. The truth is, the lessons were all simple ones that I have always known, but choose to not make a part of my daily thought process...until now.
1. There is always someone that has it worse than you. Each time that I “deprived” myself of a drink other than water, I was reminded that I have never really been deprived of anything in my life. I will probably never know the feeling of hunger or thirst or want for anything. It was so easy to not appreciate the little things in life. Not anymore. Appreciate all He has given you.
2. With God, all things ARE possible…even if it’s as small as only drinking water, or the bigger challenges that God places in front of us. We can’t do them without Him, so why do we try so hard to do everything on our own? Lean on Him daily.
3. It’s great to have the support of family and friends. If it’s as easy as supporting a friend’s challenge or as hard as supporting a friend who is experiencing a life-changing challenge, God made us loving and relational creatures who are able to show our love for Him by showing our love for each other. Show love every day.
Thank you all for your prayers and support.
If you would like to donate to the Marion Medical Mission Shallow Well program, you can follow this link http://www.mmmwater.org/
The site will give you information about the program. 100% of the donation will go toward the Shallow Well. One well is $400 but any size donation, larger or smaller is appreciated.
Happy Valentine's Day! Be love.
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