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The headache begins tentatively, lightly tapping the inside of my temples politely asking for attention. I ignore it and go about my daily distractions. The tapping turns to pounding, as the headache refuses to be dismissed. I pick up the aspirin bottle, preparing to swallow a handful of hoped for relief. I set it down, and pick up a large glass of water. Not to wash down the aspirin but to replace it. I down the water, and then another, and another. And slowly, the headache subsides. It was a dehydration headache. It’s easy to misdiagnose since a headache, not thirst, is the cry for water.
My lifeache begins tentatively, lightly tapping the inside of my heart politely asking for attention. I ignore it and go about my daily distractions. The tapping turns to pounding, as the life ache refuses to be dismissed. I’m depressed, irritable, unsatisfied. I’m tempted to drown my sorrows in food, in television , or in reading a tabloid. But instead I pick up God’s Word, water to my thirsty soul. It was a dehydration life ache. It’s easy to misdiagnose since a lifeache, not spiritual thirst, is the cry for God’s water.
The best way for me to avoid that dehydration headache is to keep drinking deep of fresh, clear water and keep myself fully hydrated. The best way for me to avoid a life ache is to keep drinking deep of the fresh clear water of the Word and keep myself fully spiritually hydrated.
Whether it’s a life ache or a headache, distraction will never cure dehydration. But God’s wonderful water will… if I only drink it in.
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