Dehydrated

I get dehydrated A LOT. It's probably really bad for my health, but for some reason I actually forget to drink water. Have you ever been going about your day, finishing all the millions of tasks that you put on your to do list that morning, get to about 6pm and realize, you haven't had a single drop of water at all today? I have, I frequently have days where I get headaches from my lack of water. I get dizzy spells when I workout because I don't drink water. It's sad, it's sickening. When I finally do realize I need to drink water, I gulp down about 3 glasses at a time and then get a stomachache from it. Why, oh why can't I just stop for two seconds and get a glass of water you ask? It seems like an easy enough thing to do, we all need water to live, we all drink water to survive.
The simplest answer I can give is that I just don't think about it. I'm not paying attention, other things or people are demanding my immediate attention and I lose track of time and realize I'm literally wasting away from lack of water. I've known about my little bad habit for quite some time now but it hasn't changed my actions so that I will actually seek out this water and drink it. I know I need it, when I have it I usually love it, and I crave it daily, but for some reason I can't seem to slow down enough or make it a high enough priority for me to drink the water I need in a day.
Now, you know where I might be going with this...
The same is true for my time with God. My personal relationship with God, my time just talking to him, my time reading his love letter to me. My time investing in the things that make him happy. I know it's not breaking a commandment or anything to miss a "quiet time" with God. To miss finishing my bible study homework, but somewhere along the way in my Christian life I was told that I needed to spend an hour a day having time with God, just with God, no distractions, period. I agree I need to have that. Just like I need to drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. It's true I can live without my quiet time. I can go weeks without having a quiet time, but just like water, I find myself wasting away and dying without it.
Maybe that's why Jesus said whoever drinks his water will never thirst again.
So since I'm keepin' it real, I have to admit I'm not sure if I'm going to be changing anytime soon. I'm still super busy and can't seem to keep the water in me. At least I know my problem and I can try to make the changes needed to keep myself from dying. Gosh I can be so dramatic. Oh well.

Stay True
Alicia