In a class once a professor set a glass half full in front of the class and asked us to just write about the glass of water.  There were no directions other than to write what we saw.  Now you can imagine the writing that followed once the complaints about the vague directions died down.  There were people who wrote about the glass be half full or half empty.  There were those who wrote about the glass representing all of those who had access to water as opposed to all of those who do not.  There were the literalists who wrote about a glass measuring so many inches tall with a certain amount of water in it sitting on a table.
     Then there were those of us that wrote about the properties of the water itself and or what water represented to them.  Words like: cool, refreshing, cleansing, calming, healing, sacred, soothing and peaceful described what we saw.  Rivers and oceans, ponds and streams came to life as some wrote about where the water came from, seeing the beginning of its journey before arriving in the glass.
    I think of all that was written about a simple glass of water and then I rethink the words of Jesus: 

"Why anyone by just giving a cup of water in my name is on our side.  Count on it God will notice."  Mark 9:41 (The Message)

     Jesus isn't saying we need to share miracles to be a part of the mission, the mission to love God with all our hearts, minds and souls, to love our neighbors as our selves. We just need to share a cup of water.  One word, one bit of awareness, one action.
     Whenever we think of our beginnings, whenever we are conscious of others needs, conscious of what we have to share, whenever we dispense healing and kindness through words or action, God will notice.