Trust the Quakers to take every opportunity to remind us of the basic needs of human life for others.
The photo was taken in the Gents, in the Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, strategically placed so you can't miss it!
This also is the Micah principle, acting justly and loving mercy. Hygiene, disease control, conferring dignity and safety, are life-saving ways of loving our neighbours.
Sometimes in our devotions it's better to thank God for blessings basic and necessary, than the highly spiritualised blessings we often associate with prayer.
For millions sanitation is as much a blessing as sanctification.
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