There IS something in the water

"...must be something in the water."


I remember this statement being said in a classroom at school years ago. 
At that time, I think it was because everyone was bouncing off the walls eager to get out of the confinement of concrete! 

I have also heard it used when many ladies are pregnant at the same time. ;-)

A yahoo search turned up these definitions.
1.  Indicates a common colloquial phrase, ripe for repurposing as a way to account for some effect with no visible cause. (Colloquial is similar to slang or conversational language.)
2. When a group of people that live or work together are affected by a common occurrence it's implied that perhaps there is 'something in the water'. 
3.  Explanation of illness (cholera outbreak) in an area.

Some effect with no visible cause.  This reminds me of the natural occurring arsenic in our water. And, the terrible illness I contracted while visiting out of the country...likely from the water.
The effects from the high levels of arsenic in my body came upon without any visible knowledge.
The effects of  cholera in the water may cause very high fever and major gut trouble but I didn't see it coming, no visible evidence.

Some effect with no visible cause.

So today, I have been singing this all day, "It must've been something in the water."
It's from the beautiful song by Carrie Underwood.  Gives me goosebumps.  Because of her amazing voice but likely mainly because of the words.  You must go to this link so you can hear and read all of the words as she sings.  https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0LEVjT6iLlUnvQAyAwlnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?p=something+in+the+water+lyrics+carrie+underwood&tnr=21&vid=7C24A257FEED011D48E77C24A257FEED011D48E7&l=231&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DUN.608054059708256245%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwiL3JJPXxKw&sigr=11b854h85&tt=b&tit=Carrie+Underwood+-+Something+in+the+Water+%28lyrics%29&sigt=11iu9n9j9&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dsomething%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bwater%2Blyrics%2Bcarrie%2Bunderwood%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla&sigb=13q06k9i9&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

Well, that's a long link...anyway, treat yourself to listen and read.

Phrases that ring out loud and clear:

Out of hope, out of fight
I've been where you've been.
Opened my eyes and told me the truth.
So I fell on my knees
Trusted someone bigger than me
Washed in the water
Washed in the blood
Ever since the day I believed
I am changed
I am stronger
How sweet the sound
Saved a wretch like me

Some effect with no visible cause. Was blind, but now I see.

Living water. This is what Carrie is speaking of.  Not the water we drink. Not the well water the Samaritan woman went to retrieve.  Not the baptismal water of a river, font, lake or bath or pool.
Living water.  John 4:13-14
¹³ Jesus replied that people soon became thirsty again after drinking this water. ¹⁴ “But the water I give them,” he said, “becomes a perpetual spring within them, watering them forever with eternal life.”  TLB

From the words of the song, "felt love pouring down from above."  

There IS something in the Water. 
We can't visibly see this. Can't see it in the water. Can't see it with our eyes. But there is some effect.  There is a boat-load of effect.   We can feel it. 

Tap into this well. Be watered forever.
That's something.

Amazing Grace. How sweet.

Amy