What Happens Here:
- Jesus talks to the Samaritan Woman at the well about eternal life
- The woman goes back to town to announce her encounter with the Christ
- Jesus heals the officer's son without even going to see him.
Reflection:
The Jews and the Samaritans were kind of like the blacks and the whites during America's discrimination period. They didn't get along at all, and they didn't use any of the same stuff. They hardly went near each other at all.
Jewish leaders were never to bee seen conversing with any woman, especially a sexually promiscuous one. So just talking to this woman Jesus is breaking like... THREE social barriers. All because Jesus care about her salvation regardless of who she is or what she has done. Like Jesus, we should be reaching out to everyone, even the people that our society looks down on.
The Essence:
Jesus knows about our messed up lives, yet he still invites us into a deeper relationship with him.
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