{"id":331,"date":"2010-01-19T07:33:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/01\/the-eucharist-diet-whats-with-the-water.html"},"modified":"2010-01-19T07:33:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T07:33:31","slug":"the-eucharist-diet-whats-with-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/01\/the-eucharist-diet-whats-with-the-water.html","title":{"rendered":"The Eucharist Diet: “What’s with the Water?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 19, 2010<\/font><\/p>\n

Day 18<\/font><\/p>\n

Weight: 201 lbs<\/font><\/p>\n

Weight lost: -5<\/font><\/p>\n

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Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this [natural] water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”<\/font><\/p>\n

Down one more pound… And I ate to my heart’s content yesterday. What’s seems to be changing is what makes my heart – and stomach content. That’s the wonder here… <\/font><\/p>\n

I woke early this morning and as usual began the day downing a 16 oz. glass of filtered water. Water. Water is almost everything, at least it’s mostly everything. My body is 62% water. According to what I’ve read I’m suppose to drink eight 8 oz. glasses a day, just to keep my levels balanced. Water. <\/font><\/p>\n

Jesus uses the image of water to describe himself and the gift of life he brings to us. Today as I downed my first glass I pictured that water filling me and washing me and feeding my thirsty cells. I’m naturally thirsty and I need this simple abundant gift. I also pictured – and prayed as I did – that the water itself was Jesus himself. The water he gives quenches my deeper thirst for purpose and belonging. <\/font><\/p>\n

So today, as I down my eight glasses, I’m going to use those moments as triggers for prayer. <\/font><\/p>\n

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“Thank you for thirst that builds my desire. Thank you for water that quenches that desire. You give me all I need and passion to see that need met. Today, as I need natural water. I also need supernatural water. Thank you for both! In Jesus.” <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“The Eucharist Diet” adventure is my six month experiment taking daily communion and tracking and posting the results in my personal life, relationships, health, and body fat percentage.  <\/span><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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