Knowing we are accepted in God frees us to take risks. There was much animosity between Jews and Samaritans. This woman risked further rejection just by speaking with a Jewish Rabbi. But think of the risk she took by going back to her village and declaring “I have met the Messiah and He is Jewish!” Risks become easier when you know that you have a safety net – the acceptance...
Touched and Commissioned
A friend and I are doing a bible study in the fall, tentatively called TOUCHED. It will explore the lives of women who were “touched” by Jesus. As I was researching for this bible study, I found it interesting that the first woman Jesus encountered was the Samaritan women at the well. This encounter was different because 1. Jesus purposefully sought out this woman (“He had to go to Samaria.)...