Message-ID: <21101116.1075853953020.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 04:57:00 -0700 (PDT) From: dana.davis@enron.com To: joseph_s_77014@yahoo.com, cmontgomery@kmg.com, wmontg@aol.com, rebecca.sanchez@enron.com, rufino.doroteo@enron.com, cashley@poha.com, denise.moore@dhs.state.tx.us, withness4him3@juno.com, bettynance@dellnet.com, faith1@pdq.net, abraham5@flash.net, edith-kelly@reliantenergy.com, gjack3@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Fwd: [Fwd: FW: "Drink Plenty of Water"] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Dana Davis X-To: Joseph_S_77014@yahoo.com, cmontgomery@kmg.com, Wmontg@aol.com, Rebecca Sanchez, Rufino Doroteo, cashley@poha.com, denise.moore@dhs.state.tx.us, withness4him3@juno.com, bettynance@dellnet.com, Faith1@pdq.net, abraham5@flash.net, Edith-kelly@reliantenergy.com, gjack3@hotmail.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Dana_Davis_Dec2000\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: Davis-D X-FileName: ddavis2.nsf 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 > >