{"id":2632,"date":"2009-02-25T01:17:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T06:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2009-02-25T01:17:55","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T06:17:55","slug":"shutting-down-my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=2632","title":{"rendered":"Shutting Down My Blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Made you look. <\/strong><\/p>\n

While I respect those who have shut down<\/a> their<\/a> blogs<\/a> for a season, I don’t feel as though that is what I am called to do. But I do want to share with you something I will be doing for the next 40 days… beginning March 1.<\/p>\n

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Now, while I don’t celebrate Lent (I am a former Catholic and have a little bit of Lent baggage), I do believe in taking time to reflect on the blessings that God provides.<\/p>\n

And in doing so, I will be participating in the Forty Days of Water<\/a> campaign by Blood:Water Mission. From March 1-April 9, all I will drink is water.<\/p>\n

While I am used to drinking mostly water, here’s the kicker… I will be drinking nothing but TAP water for the next 40 days. Yes, I said tap water. If you know me at all, you know that I very much dislike tap water and I drink an ungodly amount of bottled water on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

But for the next 40 days it is goodbye to bottled water and hello to tap water. And each dollar I save on bottled water \/ diet coke \/ whatever I usually drink (that isn’t tap water) will go to Blood:Water Mission.<\/p>\n

Blood:Water Mission exists to promote clean blood and clean water efforts in Africa, tangibly reducing the impact of the HIV\/AIDS pandemic while addressing the underlying issues of poverty, injustice and oppression. Blood:Water Mission is building clean water wells, supporting medical facilities, and focusing on community and worldview transformation, both here in America and in Africa.<\/p>\n

Did you know that $1 provides one year of clean water for an African?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I am predicting that I will save at least $3 a day by drinking only tap water. Which means I am committing to donate at least $120 to Blood:Water Mission when this is all said and done. Giving the gift of life to 120 Africans through clean, fresh water.<\/p>\n

Pretty cool, huh? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the next 40 days I pray that you will step back and consider what He might be asking of you. Whether it is giving of your time or your finances or both… I ask that you consider giving up something as a sacrifice of praise to Him.<\/p>\n

Already giving something up? Tell us about it. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Made you look. While I respect those who have shut down their blogs for a season, I don’t feel as though that is what I am called to do. But I do want to share with you something I will be doing for the next 40 days… beginning March 1. Now, while I don’t celebrate… Continue reading Shutting Down My Blog?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,39,166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-box-of-chocolates","category-lent","category-what-the","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}