John 4: NLT
He had to go through Samaria on the way. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water...The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans...Go and get your husband, Jesus told her...
The woman at the well...alone at lunchtime rather than in the morning or evening with everyone else
The Samaritan. A third class citizen
A many times divorced and rejected person
But Jesus chose to go thru Samaria, knew she would be there, chose to trample over all the social norms and cultural barriers to reach out love and forgiveness and grace...he wants us.
You & me.
you are more sinful
than you could ever dare imagine
and you are more loved
and accepted
than you could ever
dare
hope
#dearlyloved
#youaredearlyloved
#hope
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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