Keepers of Childhood “Dreams” by The Compendium Company, LLC

A devotional for mothers · September 23, 2026

A cup of water

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.Matthew 10:42

A cup of water. The smallest, least impressive, most ordinary thing a person can do for a child.

You have done a hundred versions of that today. Drinks, shoes, a hand on a forehead, finding the toy.

None of it is beneath notice. He picked the smallest example on purpose, so nobody could say their own work was too small to count.

One small thing

Count the cups of water. Literally — how many times did you get somebody something today?

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