Spiritual Jet Lag (Part 4)

Here's something else that causes jet lag - Dry Atmosphere. I know all about being dry when I'm in a plane 30,000 feet up in the air, but what does this look like for spiritual jet lag?

The website I have been referring to in the past few blog posts states the obvious:

The air aboard passenger jet aircraft is dry...Water is what your body wants.

http://nojetlag.com/jetlag1a.html

I am intentionally leaving out their recommendation to not drink coffee. How else can I stay awake to watch the movies? :)

But seriously...dryness is a huge part of jet lag and especially spiritual jet lag. Water is what the body and the soul want. I find that fighting dryness is one of the bigger challenges in my journey with Jesus. For me, my dry times tend to be when the journey is at a more dangerous or difficult part. Even though that is when my soul needs the Living Water the most, I tend to drink less in the midst of difficulty. When things are calm, smooth and we are flying with little turbulence, I will take in my daily portion of Living Water. I seem to be more self aware - aware of my thirst. But when turbulence comes I forget my need for water. In fact, I will often distract myself with movies, coke, coffee - things to keep me awake rather than the one thing that keeps me from experiencing "lag" in this journey.

Movies, coke, coffee - they are all great. But I will be dry and dehydrated if I think I can survive this journey, especially during long and turbulent flights, without consuming the Living Water in large quantities on a regular basis. Short flight. Long flight. It doesn't matter. Turbulence. No Turbulence. It doesn't matter. Dryness is bad and to be avoided.