Thirsty for Jesus

When I'm working out I get really thirsty. I crave water, I need water. If I ignore this need my body becomes dehydrated. Today as I was in the middle of exercising I went to get a drink and has I took a long drink I thought of something: This is what it is like to long for the Lord, to be thirsty for Him-really, truly thirsty.
Like a desert is cracked and dry for lack of rain, as a plant withers and as a body dehydrates so our souls wither and die for lack of "Living Water."
And when I took a drink tonight after working out I couldn't drink fast enough.
It's that way with Jesus sometimes too. Sometimes after being away from Him for a while (because of my own stubbornness) coming back, coming to Him, letting Him fill me and refresh my soul...oh I can't get enough of Him, fast enough!! I'm like the desert soaking in the rain and He knows it and so He drenches me with His goodness and love-His Life-Giving-Water.
Maybe some of you are feeling dry and desert-like? Maybe the feeling has even become normal. You've forgotten what rain even feels like. Tell Him. Tell Him you are thirsty for Him. Ask Him to fill you once again. Open wide your heart and let Him soak your dry ground in His beautiful love.
He longs to water your soul. He wants to. Can't you hear the thunder in the distance? Here comes the rain beloved friend, He has come to answer your prayers!