Drink Plenty of Water"
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>  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
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