Most of us have heard the story of the nameless woman at the well. A woman who was not only a despised Samaritan, but who had had 5 husbands, and was now living with a man who was not her husband. And though Samaritans and Jews worshipped the same God, they had very different points of view - differences that kept them at odds with each. So the last thing the woman ever expected, happened. Jesus SPOKE to her. Jesus KNEW her. Jesus treated her with kindness and shared that he was the Messiah. And Jesus gave her hope, and a new vision for how we are to live and worship and treat others:
(John 4:5-42 from "The Message" by Eugene Peterson) |