“My bucket runneth over”
One of the little idiosyncrasies here is the lack of proper function of many things that are taken for granted back in the US, such as the plumbing. In the bathroom that I share with another long term missionary and the visitors one of the shower heads leaks badly. We try to keep a bucket under it and swap it out when it is full because water is so precious here. (It actually comes in handy when the water is not running to have those buckets of water there to use for showering and pouring down the toilets to flush them.) So today as many other times I went in there and discovered the bucket full and the thought “my bucket runneth over” popped into my mind. It is a play on words from one of the best known Psalms - Psalm 23:5 which I think in KJV may say “my cup runneth over” but my NIV says “my cup overflows”. In the bathroom there is the temptation to focus on the extra work involved in keeping up with the changing of buckets and the muddy mess that is produced by the combination of the overspray that misses the bucket and runs from the back of the bathroom to the front and the dirt that inevitably is tracked in by our shoes. Instead I choose to more properly focus on the truth that if “my bucket runneth over” I am blessed to have not only water but running water and I along with David can say;
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in the path of righteousness for his names sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” J
