Jesus: the woman at the well

 Jesus: the woman at the well by ric gustafson

According to John 4, one day Jesus sat down at a well to rest. He was tired from walking. A Samaritan woman came at the same time to draw water. Jesus asked her for a drink. When the disciples came, they were surprised. Jesus was talking to a woman. 

At one point Jesus tells her she had had five husbands and was living with someone not her husband. Jesus did not identify her shame. Many women joined Jesus's group. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna and others. 

When Jesus went to the cross, more women stayed than men. In the early church, women began to play bigger roles in church leadership. Women for Jesus have learned new languages. Women have planted churches. Women have translated the bible and cared for the sick. 

Women were at the cradle. A woman was at the well. Women were at the cross. Jesus treated women with dignity and respect. He always has. Jesus loves us more than anything else.

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