July 14, 2020 (Tuesday)

We use much more water that most of us think. What about your household? In what ways do you use water? Your dishes? Your clothing? Your baths? Nope. The proper answer is “your diet.” I got my info straight from the Smithsonian Channel, which said to me, “That hamburger you had today required 600 gallons of water to create.” Think about that the next time you have a hamburger.

Well, I thought to myself, how can that be so? So I looked it up on the internet, and you know that everything on the internet is true, right? OK, not everything, but when I asked the question on Google, I was referred to National Geographic, which told me that the amount of water necessary to produce my hamburger is not 600 gallons–it is 660 gallons.

That amount of water is necessary to grow the grain for the cow feed.
It is also consumed by the cow as she drinks, and by the processors as they prepare the meat and put it up for sale. The greatest amount of water in that process is the water it takes to grow the crop.

Next time someone tells you to drink more water, just say to them, “I had a hamburger today. That ought to do me for a long, long time.”

Well, folks, I learned something today, first from the TV and then from the computer.

We can learn things from the internet. More and more classes are being taught today online. Little by little people are discovering new ways to learn. But a teacher is still needed. Teachers are necessary.

Think about the teachers you had as you went through the different phases of your education. It started for me with the First Grade. My teacher was of full stature and could be stern but also very kind. On my very first day of public school, I decided to go home after lunch. All the boys and girls were taking a nap, but that was not for me, so I started walking home. I got nearly to the edge of the campus when Mrs. Wind came to the door and called to me, quite strongly, “Charles Forest Fake, you turn yourself around and march right back into this school house!” My first real lesson, then, was “who’s boss,” and I also learned that “rules are rules,” and are meant to be followed. But I learned much more than that before all was said and done for the next 22 years.

How many teachers did you have? I sat down to count the ones I could remember, and there were too many to recall, but certain ones stood out in my memory. They were the ones who seemed to care about me and who were interested in whether I was learning or not.

God bless our teachers at all levels of education. We carry their teachings with us all our lives. I could not have written this blog today had it not been for teachers who gave me the tools to find a place in life, and to teach others. To God be the glory, great things He has done — not only in matters of faith, but in matters of day-to-day living. Much of what He has taught us was done through teachers.

Jesus was known by the name, “Teacher.” The newer translations bring that out very clearly.

The author of the following hymn was a music teacher in a grammar school in England.

Here it is by the American singer Brooke Lambkin (what a sweet name!)