The Gospel touches me most when I think of the woman at the well from John 4. Like her, I have felt like an outsider much of my life. That has led to bouts of anger and depression at times.
But even though I feel like an outsider, through Christ's words to the Samaritan woman, I know that I am just as much a child of His as anyone. It is His grace and mercy and knowing that I am continuously loved that keeps me on the level.
The image of the flowing water of life keeps my thirst quenched.
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My friend Bob Wynn is pastor of the O’Neill and Atkinson Global Methodist Churches. In this OMG Bob gives us a personal testimony of what Christ has done in his life. I appreciate his transparency, saying that he has often “felt like an outsider.”
And while those outsider feelings remain, his experience of belonging comes from listening to Jesus. Bob knows he’s a child of God now. Remembering that he is “continuously loved” is a shield against negative emotions.
Jesus told the woman at the well, “. . . whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14, NIV). It means that in belonging to Jesus we find what we need most. And we are satisfied.
Next post: Tuesday, October 17, “May Your Kingdom Come” from Russ Tompkins
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