There are those who think that they have made such a mess of their lives that God wouldn’t want to have anything to do with them. They are, of course, quite wrong. We should note that the Samaritan woman had made a mess of her life and yet Jesus loved her and wanted to restore her to wholeness, to bring her back into a wholesome way of living. That was news to her ears, indeed very good news. Gradually the Samaritan woman began to see Jesus not just as another Jewish rabbi but more than that. She saw that He was a prophet. Then toward the end of their encounter the woman said to Him: “I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the Christ; when he comes he will tell us everything.” Well, he told her everything about who she was and what she had done with her life. Then Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking with you.” With that she realized that He was the Messiah, dropped her water jar, and went off to her city to tell everyone what had happened. As a result of her words, many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in Him. Later, in their own spiritual growth, they realized for themselves who He was. We need to see ourselves as the Samaritan woman, to realize who Jesus of Nazareth really is, to know Him as the Messiah, our Savior, and to share our stories with those around us. When we do this we are evangelizers, we are apostles, messengers of God’s presence and love among us, messengers of our own encounters with God.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:58:33 +0000
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