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A CUP OF COLD WATER  493

7/28/2017

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                                                A CUP OF COLD WATER

                                               In the tenth chapter of the book
                                               of Matthew *, we are told that if
                                               we even give "even a cup of cold
                                               water" to a little child, we  shall surely
                                               be rewarded.
                                               
                                               As the temperature has heated up this
                                               summer, we have diligently search
​                                               through the refrigerator for various
                                               thirst quenching beverages to satisfy
                                               our thirst.
   
                                               And, while we shall surely drink our fill
                                               of cold milk, fruit juices, or soft drinks
                                               this summer, still after all our taste tasting,
                                               we find a cup of cold water refreshes us
                                               best.

                                               An unknown writer has penned these words...
                
                                               "Just a cup of cold water was given in his name
                                               But, the soul of the giver was never the same
                                               For he found that when giving was done with a zest
                                               Both the heart of the giver and taker were blest."

                                               In the heat of the day, or on the morrow, to whom
                                               shall we give a cup of cold water that they, and we,
                                               may be blest.
                                      
                                               (Matthew 10:42)

                                               (Written in June, 1978)

                                               

                                             

 





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