Friday, April 20, 2012

I'll have a bottle of water please...hold the lemon

I was drinking one of my 42 bottles of water that I literally have to force myself to drink.  I HATE drinking water.  My body screams for a citrus-y sip of Dt. Mountain Dew.  Water is so boring.  So bland.  But since I gave up pop on December 31st at 11:59, I have promised not to go back. 

One day I took a drink of water and something hit me: I don't realize how thirsty I am until I take that first drink of water.  It's not until I'm 5 big gulps in that I'm thinking, "holy smokies, I was so thirsty!"  I think I'm the same way with the Lord.  Especially during praise and worship.  I don't realize how thirsty I am for God until I get into praise and worship.  It's totally my favorite time of church.  I love the word, don't get me wrong, but there is something so intimate about worship.  It's just me and Jesus.  Packed sanctuary or not.  But that's how I feel while drinking water.  Praise and worship, spending time with the Lord, is my bottle of water.  I can feel the last song getting ready to close and I want more.  I want to signal the praise and worship leader and say, "C'mon!  Please, just one more!"  All good things must come to an end I guess.  It makes me look forward to the next time.  When I get in, take a sip, and keep drinking because I didn't realize how thirsty I was.

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