19 February: Use your own water bottle

The facts on water bottles are tragic.

• Around the world, people buy a total of 1 million plastic bottles per minute.
• 91% of them are not recycled.
• The average plastic bottle takes 400 years to decompose.

Refraining from buying bottled water and taking a reusable bottle with you are good ways to eliminate some of this waste. Taking a reusable water bottle with you is also a daily witness to the practice of stewardship, a discipline that grounds you in our faith.

Pray while filling your bottle:

Creator God, thank you for the blessing of water. Help me to steward it well and to practice care for your creation in all I do today. Amen.