I'm a water systems engineer in the Global South, and I've spent my career trying to bring clean water to communities that don't have it. It's a justice issue and a spiritual one.
John's vision of the water of life freely given to those who are thirsty - it's both literal and metaphorical. People are thirsty for water. People are thirsty for meaning. God offers both.
I'm doing water infrastructure work as spiritual practice. Every person who gets clean water is being offered refreshment. Not spiritually. But completely - bodily, humanly.
John links the physical and spiritual in a way that validates the work. Bringing water isn't separate from spiritual transformation. It's part of it.
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