“I’m tired,” my son John complained, “And I have a bad headache.”
“Have you had enough water to drink today?” I inquired. It’s my usual response, for I know (and my kids forget) that a lot of headaches and much of what feels like exhaustion comes from poor hydration. We don’t always feel thirsty; what we feel are the side effects of not having had enough fluids.
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As he went to get a glass of water, and then, surprised at how good that felt, drank another, I turned my attention back to reading my Psalms for the day. Next up was Psalm 63:
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Hah! Delighted, I laughed out loud. Isn’t that just exactly how life is? Although every cell in our being craves the “living water” (John 4:10-11), often we feel rundown because we’ve allowed ourselves to become dehydrated. Drink up!
