April 06, 2007

Raised

During Passion '07, I signed up to sponsor a well for an African village, which meant I committed to raising $3,000 before May 1.

As of Monday, I reached that goal, and may ever surpass it before the deadline. It's such a small thing, water. It's something I certainly take for granted every time I turn on my sink, wash my hands for the 18th time a day or fill up my dogs' bowl or my 32 oz Nalgene bottle.

I sometimes feel like there is so little I can actually do to help solve the things that break God's heart. I can pray, which I do. I can speak, which I do. But sometimes those things seem small. Meaningless. Sometimes it overwhelms me.

But then... then I speak out on something that breaks my heart right along with God's and He blesses that with such an outpouring that I can't even describe.

It might not seem like much - one well in one African village thousands of miles away. But for that one child who can now go to a well to retrieve water for his family; for that one child who may learn of the living well from which he can draw life, just for that one, we made a difference.

And with every check, every donation, God showed me again and again and again and again that He is faithful when we are faithful to the world He loves so much.

Posted by hannah at 11:37 AM