Jan 11 - Psalm 104:13

 

From your lofty abode

you water the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with

the fruit of your work.

Psalm 104:13

 

Have you ever really stopped to think much about water? Here are a few fun facts.

 

• There is the same amount of water on Earth as there was when the Earth was formed. The water from your faucet could contain molecules that dinosaurs drank.
• Water is used for: cooking, drinking, washing, bathing, farming, gardening, manufacturing, and recreationally.
• Water is also used for hydropower generation.
• Nearly 97% of the world’s water is salty or otherwise undrinkable.
• Another 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers.
• Just 1% of water is drinkable – and 90% of that is found in Antarctica.
• That also leaves mainly that same 1% to be used for all of humanity’s other needs agricultural, residential, manufacturing, community, and personal needs.
• There is about 1.5 billion cubic kilometers of water on Earth – the equivalent of about 800 trillion Olympic swimming pools full.
• If all that water was evenly spread over the Earth's surface it would be nearly a mile and half deep.
• Water regulates the Earth’s temperature.
• Water also regulates the temperature of the human body.
• Water carries nutrients and oxygen to cells, cushions joints, protects organs and tissues, and removes wastes.
• 75% of the human brain is water and 75% of a living tree is water.
• A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week without water.
• The average total home water use for each person in the U.S. is about 50 gallons a day.
• The average cost for water supplied to a home in the U.S. equals about 5 gallons for a penny.
• Water should be a gas – all similar molecules are gaseous at “room temperature.” But water molecules are “sticky” and their high surface tension holds them together as a liquid.
• Water expands rather than contracts when it freezes – unlike almost every other liquid. It expands by 9%. Frozen water (ice) is lighter than water, which is why ice floats in water.
• There are at least 16 different kinds, or "phases", of ice. Each of them has a different crystal structure.

Yes, have you ever stopped to think about how amazing water is?

 

Wait! A better question is this: Have you ever stopped to think about how amazing God the Creator is?!

 

From your lofty abode

you water the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with

the fruit of your work.

 

In Christ’s Love,

a guy who is amazed

… and thankful