A tribute to my Drug.- THIRST

I have come to the conclusion that I may be addicted-yes, addicted- to Diet Coke. Not just Diet Coke really, but any form of diet drink that is made. I love the way it tastes, the way that the bubbly carbonated beverage tickles my throat as I swallow it, and yes, even the little bit of caffeine that I get when I drink it. I have always been a heavy drinker, (by this I mean I am always have a drink in my hand. Usually diet drinks, if not, water.), and I have always gulped drinks down with my meals.

My friends are always making fun of me. They call diet coke "my drug" and it didn't help when at certain restaurants they began to recognize us, and the waiter/waitresses would bring a pitcher of diet coke with them to our table and simply leave it there.

It is really hard for me to go a few days without some sort of diet soda. I almost get headaches from the fact that I have not had some sort of carbonation slide down my throat. It's worse than my coffee addiction. And today at lunch, I decided I needed some help.

The waitress had brought our drinks to the table and by the time we had placed our orders, I had finished my , rather large, diet coke. She looked at my glass rather quizzically, then to me, then to my glass, and scratching her head, mumbled, "I will be back with another drink."

My family stared at me with their mouths open and said, "You already drank that?"

I stared at my glass and then said, "... well... I was thirsty"

Throughout the rest of the lunch I had 6 refills. 6.

I can not explain the thirst I have constantly. The need to have a drink with me at all times can get so annoying! And as I came to the conclusion that, I really, really need help with my "problem" ( ha ). I started thinking. (I do this a lot. Is it healthy? I don't know. But my mind is constantly moving.)

What if we had the same "unquenchable" thirst for a relationship with God? I know, I know. Everyone has heard something along these lines before. But the reality of what that thirst would be like if it were anything close to my thirst for drinks, hit me like a ton of bricks.

That is some thirst. And if we tried just as hard to quench it? I think our lives would be completely rocked out of this world. If we tried to keep our relationship with him on our top priority. If we carried that desire with us wherever we went. What if we had God with us like I kept a drink with me? Would that desire grow more? Would we try harder to build that relationship? Would we ever find that thirst quenched? What possibilities! What goals could be accomplished? What doors would open? What new levels of our destiny would we reach? Who would we touch? What lives would we reach, if we thirsted, like a diet coke addict thirsted for her Drink, for God.