John 4:5-10 NRSVue
5So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.
7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8(His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.), 10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
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Some thoughts on this scripture
Reflection
Several times, the Samaritan woman seems to resist; perhaps she has developed
a defensive self-protecting habit. I ask God to help me to be open to receive
good news from any source through which God may send it to me.
Reflection
“If only you knew what God is offering.” Jesus yearns for me to be aware
of the goodness of God has in mind for me. I pray that I may open my heart to
express my need and humbly receives the blessings of God.