Blog 3 in the series on my favourites stories in the bible is the Woman at the Well from the Gospel of John chapter 4.
I love the way Jesus meets this woman and transforms her whole life in a few sentences.
The fact that Jesus spoke to her, in the first place, was the first interesting fact because:-
1) She was a woman
2) She was a Samaritan woman
3) She was an outcast
4) She was an immoral woman
Which in those times made her totally UNACCEPTABLE in those times and by Jewish custom, He was totally not supposed to talk to her.
So He ...
1) Met her where she was at,
2) Accepted her by allowing her to draw water for Him,
3) Loved her offering her eternal life,
4) Amazed her telling all she had ever done,
5) Restored her by going to her village and verifying her testimony therefore giving
her back value with her own people.
Jesus our High Priest came dressed in normal clothes and met this outcast woman, with no pomp or circumstance, changing her whole life. This account is a true picture of everything he wants us to be in this world in our dealings with people.
Lord we want this Living Water in us.
The World Needs Your Footprints, Love Jen
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