A Legacy of Truth
In Part 5, we touched up the legacy of truth and love that the Samaritan Woman marked on history. The truth that Jesus was the Messiah. The truth that Jesus knew the woman had five husbands. The truth that living water leads to eternal life. Her legacy was profoundly transformational.
A Legacy of Transformation
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Imagine what it would be like to fetch water at a well in the heat of the day to avoid gossip.
Did she feel unworthy? Unloveable?
Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a man started conversing with her. A Jewish man, no less.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” John 4: 7
How odd was that?
A male stranger asking a female for a drink? Or a Jewish person speaking with a Samaritan?
At first, the woman questions the barrier that had just broken. As if to answer him, “What the heck are you thinking – talking to me? Who are you? Don’t you know it is improper for you, a Jewish man, to be speaking me a Samaritan woman?”
Then, during this exchange, the woman who may have felt unworthy and perhaps a bit bewildered becomes uncannily at ease.
Even inquisitive.
Why?
Jesus spoke to her with kindness and respect.
And when someone responds to us by building us up and encouraging us, we respond back with an openness. An openness to receive.
Which is precisely what this Samaritan woman did. She received.
I can only imagine the feelings of courage and amazement that this woman felt sitting next to Jesus and having a sense of being known. Really known. Like knowing what was in my heart. My memories. My past, present, and future.
What does God know about you?
Next time, we continuet to explore another obscure woman in the bible. Her name is Tabitha.
See you next time.
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