Thirsty?

For many years I was on some medications that were supposed to “fix” what was wrong inside of me. Well, they didn’t. But they did something else. One of the side effects was a dry mouth. Ordinarily, when someone’s mouth is dry, the natural thing to do is to drink some water. My mouth was dry all the time, whether I drank water or not. So my body learned to just ignore that dry mouth thing, and to no longer try to solve it with water. After a while, I never knew if I was thirsty or not, I could not trust my own body’s signals. A state of thirst became the normal thing, and I didn’t even recognize it. Being dehydrated all the time was a way of life and I didn’t even realize that this was not good for me. Wow. I have since learned to drink water whether I feel the need or not, and things are better. Being off the medications has helped me develop a better sense of my body’s needs.

Psalm 42:1 says,” As the deer pants for the water so my soul longs for You, oh God.” How long so many of us go in life, thirsting for something we don’t even know. Our lives are a bit empty, our souls are tired and we don’t even realize that we are missing something important. We have become so used to being “dry, and empty” and we have no idea that this can be easily solved!  Empty, dry, feeling disconnected—this is not the way God has designed us to be. He has a solution that seems “too easy” if you believe what the world is telling you. God loved us and sent His Son. Finding yourself a bit dry, a bit weary, a bit disconnected? Try the Living Water. You might just be surprised at what He will do for you. That’s my good thought for today!