Water We Waiting For?

"For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." - those are the words of Jesus. Those words gained a whole new meaning today. That meaning came because I had an urge to post in here. Lately, I've only ended up saying something about once a month about one gleaming bit of life. Today is one of those days. I want to speak because my heart overflowed. See, I always thought that verse was simply about if a person's heart is bad, bad things will flow out and likewise if a person's heart is good, good things will flow out. I never gave any thought to what would happen if I didn't feel anything. That's sort of what life has been like lately. That isn't to say I was without emotion - it's just saying that deeper than that, I lacked a certain zeal for life that came when I first became a Christian about 6 years ago and started fading after high school. More recently, I've turned to neglecting my physical body in some basic ways. SLEEP. Yeah, SLEEP. I need that. I got 4 1/2 hours worth last night. Water. Yeah, water.... Several times this semester I've told myself - what I really need is water, but then I somehow don't make time for filling a cup with water - as if I thought I didn't have the time. Last night, an innocent bystander gave me a glass of water - two, in fact. I thought...."mmm...Greenville water...just the boring bad-tasting stuff that doesn't come close to distilled water that I don't have time or money to go buy." Then I drank it. My body cared so little how it tasted - I needed the stuff. I slept 4 1/2 hours last night. Learning my lesson, though, I cleaned and filled up an empty coke bottle with water and took it with me to my 8:30 class. I had 4 1/2 hours of sleep. By the end of class and even through chapel, I felt absolutely great - better than most 8-hour-sleep nights. I learned my lesson: 1) You forget you not only need water, but if it's been too long - you forget that you need it. 2) You feel better all-around when you drink water. I learned another lesson. Living water that makes your heart overflow - that is something that you don't care about or think you want until you try it again. Oh, sure, I *know* that it's good for me. I somehow didn't find time to drink it - oh these lazy, busy days... I read James 3 this morning just before chapel - it was quenching, but that doesn't mean that I'm revived or new or even certain of what I'm going to do next. I'm only awakened to life and the fact that being busy doesn't justify being too "busy" for the right things. I guess I should at least keep drinking water for now - until my body is in a better condition. Then comes the exercise.