A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                       IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY PART XVI 

  "I, a Samaritan woman, am living in Sychar in Samaria... I had gone to the well at midday.... There I met with a Jewish Man... I was so surprised to see Him at that time of the day.... He started a conversation with me.... That should have never taken place.... For Jews no not communicate with Samaritans.... And most certainly not with Samaritan women!!... But this Man kept talking with me.. Our conversation changed my life!!.... For He ended up telling me that He, the Man standing in front of me, is the Messiah.... I have been waiting for the Messiah all my life.... And there He was.... Right in front of me.... I then knew what I had to do.... I had to go back to the town centre.... I did not care about my water jar.... I had more important things to take care of.... I had to tell everyone in the town that I had met the Messiah.... And so I did.... And everyone listened to me... And believed me!!.... From that moment on I was no longer a despised woman!!.... Please read the typed out attachment when we will learn that the Samaritan woman realised she had a mission to fulfill....

                     ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                                IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY PART XVI

The Samaritan woman, overwhelmed by her encounter with Jesus, completely forgets why she has come to the well, as you can read in John 4:28-29

Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, "Come and see a Man, who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ? They came out of the town and made their way towards Him."

The Samaritan woman having received so much more than what she originally went to the well for, cannot keep to herself what she has just received: eternal life. So she runs back to the town to share with others the Good News that she has met the Messiah, the One they have all been waiting for. This woman, who up until that time had been rejected by all the people of the town, now becomes an evangelist for Jesus, and those who have not been willing to be seen in her company, listen in awe to her story of redemption, believing it for themselves.