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Drink Plenty of Water"
< < I've heard it. I've read it. As long as I have been running, it's < always been the same message: "drink plenty of water." < < All along most race courses are water stations, and most runners slow < down to drink a cup of cool water. Keeping your water level up is critical < when you run. If you get slightly dehydrated, you will not run well. If you < get moderately dehydrated, you will become disoriented. If you get < seriously dehydrated, you can die. It's serious business. < < The first year I ran was 1991, and I was inexperienced (also younger, < slimmer, stupider, etc.) I passed water stop after water stop, < occasionally drinking a swallow or two. I felt good, and I wasn't going to < waste < precious seconds drinking water, even though it was a hot, humid day. < < Big mistake. As I neared the final mile, I "hit the wall." My energy < level dropped to zero, I began having to walk some, and I realized I would < have to work hard just to finish. I did make it across the line, but only < with < a tremendous headache and hardly enough energy to walk. It was not much < fun. < < I learned an important lesson that year. Stopping for water doesn't < actually slow you down. In fact, you will run a better race if you do drink < water. The bottom line is that your body is simply not designed to function < without water. < < In the same way, your spiritual stamina depends on stopping for regular < drinks of "spiritual water." The dilemma for busy believers is finding < time to invest in reading the Word and meeting with God in prayer. Like the < runner intent on reaching the finish line, we tend to put off those < regular drinks of water until we are totally parched. < < But in the long run, you will run a better race if you will stop for < spiritual water. In fact, finishing the Christian race at all may < depend on it. And runners who don't ever slow down to take a drink often < stumble < off the course far short of the finish line. < < In this year's race, I saw a man become dehydrated just a mile from the < finish. Strangely, he didn't seem to recognize that anything was wrong. < He was swaying from side to side as he walked, mumbling over and over, < "I'm fine. I'm fine." He was so disoriented that he didn't even recognize < his own sick condition. < < If you let yourself become spiritually dehydrated, you may not even be < able to recognize it. Stop today to drink some cool "living water." For < serious runners, it's a must. < < < "Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried < out, saying, 'If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He < who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, From his innermost being < shall flow rivers of living water.'" < John 7:37-38 < < < Don't forget to pass this on! < < < brought to you by:Daily-Blessings < < http://www.daily-blessings.com/bless190p.htm < <
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