The Unique View

I have worked for the non-profit humanitarian organization World Vision, Inc. for several years and I learn first-hand the many disasters that affect so many around the world. I see up close and personal through media the effects of hunger, devastation and disaster. My heart goes out to the millions who are affected in so many ways, especially the children. We in the western world really do not know what it is like to be hungry or to live in a land that has no clean water. We can never relate to walking miles just to dig for water, dirty and disease ridden water, and to carry that dirty water back to our homes to cook, clean, and bathe in. We can just go to our taps and turn it on and presto, clean water.  Lack of water is the main cause of death. In John 4:13 Jesus talked about the benefit of water. Not the running water from our taps, wells, or streams, but eternal life-saving water. Jesus replied, Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. ...

      I am not a swimmer. Fact is, I am deathly afraid of being submerged in large bodies of water.   Yeah I know what they say, you should do what you fear. Yeah! Ummm! NO. That so far has been a big fat no for me.  Thing is though, I love being around water. I love the ambiance of the waves crashing against the shores. I mediate by large bodies of water because it is the place where I feel God the most. I also feel my family members who have passed on. But you would think because I do love water so much that I would also love to swim in it. Think again.  Imagine a riptide. A riptide is a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea. So it is no surprise that I, do not swim.  Just had to put out there again. Many of us live our lives in a riptide fashion. We jump into situations and later realize that the choice in most cases was not the best one.  Now we are sucked in, griped, and goi...