Woman at the Well

This was a past blog update that was lost due to complications with my other blog site! 

 

This week in class we were able to read chapters 3 and 4 in the book of John. Both of these chapter speak of Jesus Christ teaching a singular person more about the gospel and calling them to come unto Christ. In chapter 3 Jesus has an encounter with Nicodemus, a Jewish ruler popular in the society. And in chapter 4 Jesus talks with the woman of Samaria; an outcast and a resident of a "rival" town in the sight of the Jews. Both stories are amazing but I wanted to focus on what I learned from chapter 4 with the woman of Samaria. Christ seeks out this woman. She is an outcast amongst her own town. She has had five husbands and is currently in a relationship with a sixth man who is not even her husband. This woman is minding her own business, enjoying the solitude she receives from going out to get water from the local well. Regardless of this woman’s position of society He seeks her out to call her unto Christ. The Savior talks to her about the gospel and calls her to come unto Him. As I read this story I feel as if He is not only teaching her but reminding her. Christ is reminding this woman how important she is. He took time out of His day to spend time just talking to this woman. He reminded her that no matter where she was in life; no matter how dark of a place she was currently in she could make it better and come to Him.

I feel like sometimes we get too busy in life. We get caught up with spending time with the people we know, the people who "are our type," and those we have things in common with. However, i feel that we should be doing the opposite. We should be looking for opportunities to be like the savior. We shouldn't brush off those who don't fit our "ideal type" or those who we find "beneath us." Our eldest brother, Jesus Christ, as well as our Heavenly Father love each of us. We should treat each other as such. Regardless of who a person is, what they look like, or where they reside in the "social pyramid" we each should be striving to reach out to those who need it. I know that I am guilty of not always reaching out to those in need. But from reading this I realize that if we truly want to follow the savior and His example we need to stop putting our desires first.

On the flip side of things I feel there is another lesson to learn from this story. From the perspective of the woman at the well she felt the love of Christ heal her life. She was able to go forth from that moment on as a new woman. No matter what we have done in this life, whether it is extreme or minimum damage, our Savior loves us. He is looking after us and wants us to be with Him. I know that we can always find a way to come back to our Savior if we allow ourselves to do it.