LAST NIGHT, I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND AND SOMEHOW, THE CONVERSATION TURNED TO ONLINE VIDEOS THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE. MY FRIEND HAD NEVER SEEN THE VIDEO, SO I REPOSTED IT TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE. I POST IT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. I FEEL SURE THAT SOME OF YOU READING THIS "NOTE" THIS MORNING HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CLUE OF WHICH VIDEO I AM TALKING ABOUT. THE WOMAN IN THE VIDEO REPRESENTS "ANY" WOMAN, BUT ITS HER WORDS THAT HAVE KEPT ME CAPTIVATED. I KNEW LAST NIGHT EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD WRITE MY "NOTE" ABOUT TODAY. IN FACT, I COULDNT HARDLY SLEEP BECAUSE THESE THE WORDS I WANT TO SAY KEPT RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND CONSTANTLY.
MY FAVORITE BIBLE STORY OF ALL COMES FROM THE BOOK OF JOHN. JOHN 4:1-42 TO BE EXACT. THE WOMAN AT THE WELL.
THE WOMAN AT THE WELL WAS A SAMARITAN WOMAN, A COMMON WOMAN WITH A BAD REPUTATION. SHE WENT TO THE WELL AT THE HOTTEST TIME OF DAY, SIMPLY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO GO THERE IN THE BLAZING SUN. SHE WENT AT THAT TIME OF DAY IN ORDER TO AVOID PEOPLE WHO LOOKED DOWN UPON HER. TO AVOID PEOPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT HER AND TO AVOID FEELING SHAME AND HUMILIATION. IT WAS THERE THAT SHE ENCOUNTERED A RESPECTABLE LOOKING MAN WHO ASKED HER TO DRAW HIM A DRINK OF WATER FROM THE WELL. THIS MAN REVEALED HIMSELF AS THE SAVIOR AND TOLD HER EVERYTHING ABOUT HERSLEF. HE TOLD HER OF THE FOUNTAIN OF EVERLASTING WATER WHICH HE HAD TO OFFER. HE GAVE HER HOPE AND PROMISED LIFE EVERLASTING. THE WOMAN FLED FROM THE WELL, RAN BACK AND TOLD EVERYONE OF THE FORGIVENESS, THE GRACE, THE MERCY AND THE LOVE THAT THIS MAN HAD SHOWN TO HER.
I LOVE THIS STORY. I CAN IDENTIFY WITH IT FROM BEGINNING TO END. I WAS JUST LIKE THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. I WAS SO ASHAMED OF MY SINFUL PAST. I HATED MY BAD REPUTATION. AT TIMES, I EVEN TRIED TO AVOID WALMART AND THE GROCERY STORE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE THINGS I HAD DONE. I HAD LOOKED FOR LOVE AND HAD TOO MANY TERRIBLE RELATIONSHIPS. I FELT USELESS. I FELT ALONE. I FELT UNWORTHY.
UNTIL I TOO MET JESUS!!!!!!!
HE TOOK AWAY ALL MY SHAME. HE DESTROYED THOSE FEELINGS OF USELESSNESS. HE REMINDED ME THAT I AM GOOD ENOUGH, THAT I AM A JEWEL IN HIS CROWN. HE WASHED AWAY ALL MY SINS. THE WOMAN AT THE WELL LEFT RUNNING TO GO BACK AND SPREAD THE NEWS OF WHAT HE HAD DONE FOR HER. I CAN RELATE TO THAT TOO. I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME. I LOVE MY LORD AND SAVIOR. HE ERASED MY PAST AND HAS GIVEN ME HOPES OF A GLORIOUS FUTURE. HE HAS EVEN SENT HIS PRECIOUS SPIRIT TO DIRECT AND GUIDE ME.
I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I WAS LIKE THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. THE LORD KNEW THAT ONE DAY I WOULD USE MY PAST TO WELCOME THE FUTURE. I SEE NOW THAT IT WAS ALL A PART OF GOD'S PLAN. I WISH I COULD FIND THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE MIRACULOUS CHANGES HE HAS MADE IN MY LIFE.
IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU!
MY FAVORITE BIBLE STORY OF ALL COMES FROM THE BOOK OF JOHN. JOHN 4:1-42 TO BE EXACT. THE WOMAN AT THE WELL.
THE WOMAN AT THE WELL WAS A SAMARITAN WOMAN, A COMMON WOMAN WITH A BAD REPUTATION. SHE WENT TO THE WELL AT THE HOTTEST TIME OF DAY, SIMPLY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO GO THERE IN THE BLAZING SUN. SHE WENT AT THAT TIME OF DAY IN ORDER TO AVOID PEOPLE WHO LOOKED DOWN UPON HER. TO AVOID PEOPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT HER AND TO AVOID FEELING SHAME AND HUMILIATION. IT WAS THERE THAT SHE ENCOUNTERED A RESPECTABLE LOOKING MAN WHO ASKED HER TO DRAW HIM A DRINK OF WATER FROM THE WELL. THIS MAN REVEALED HIMSELF AS THE SAVIOR AND TOLD HER EVERYTHING ABOUT HERSLEF. HE TOLD HER OF THE FOUNTAIN OF EVERLASTING WATER WHICH HE HAD TO OFFER. HE GAVE HER HOPE AND PROMISED LIFE EVERLASTING. THE WOMAN FLED FROM THE WELL, RAN BACK AND TOLD EVERYONE OF THE FORGIVENESS, THE GRACE, THE MERCY AND THE LOVE THAT THIS MAN HAD SHOWN TO HER.
I LOVE THIS STORY. I CAN IDENTIFY WITH IT FROM BEGINNING TO END. I WAS JUST LIKE THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. I WAS SO ASHAMED OF MY SINFUL PAST. I HATED MY BAD REPUTATION. AT TIMES, I EVEN TRIED TO AVOID WALMART AND THE GROCERY STORE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE THINGS I HAD DONE. I HAD LOOKED FOR LOVE AND HAD TOO MANY TERRIBLE RELATIONSHIPS. I FELT USELESS. I FELT ALONE. I FELT UNWORTHY.
UNTIL I TOO MET JESUS!!!!!!!
HE TOOK AWAY ALL MY SHAME. HE DESTROYED THOSE FEELINGS OF USELESSNESS. HE REMINDED ME THAT I AM GOOD ENOUGH, THAT I AM A JEWEL IN HIS CROWN. HE WASHED AWAY ALL MY SINS. THE WOMAN AT THE WELL LEFT RUNNING TO GO BACK AND SPREAD THE NEWS OF WHAT HE HAD DONE FOR HER. I CAN RELATE TO THAT TOO. I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME. I LOVE MY LORD AND SAVIOR. HE ERASED MY PAST AND HAS GIVEN ME HOPES OF A GLORIOUS FUTURE. HE HAS EVEN SENT HIS PRECIOUS SPIRIT TO DIRECT AND GUIDE ME.
I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I WAS LIKE THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. THE LORD KNEW THAT ONE DAY I WOULD USE MY PAST TO WELCOME THE FUTURE. I SEE NOW THAT IT WAS ALL A PART OF GOD'S PLAN. I WISH I COULD FIND THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE MIRACULOUS CHANGES HE HAS MADE IN MY LIFE.
IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU!
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