Christ and the woman of Samaria, Horace Pippin, 1940
Look at this picture.
Notice the body language of Jesus and the unnamed woman.
Both are relaxed and at ease as they engage in conversation. They are leaning in to one another. Jesus is giving her his full attention.
Imagine yourself in the scene.
What would you ask Jesus?
What might he ask you?
Jesus offers the woman living water.
“Those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.“
What do you thirst for?
What is the living water you need?
Jesus,
I open my heart this day to receive you
and the living water that you offer.
Amen.
Forty 100 word reflections for forty days of Lent (Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, excluding Sundays), using the forty images in the Face to Face with Jesus pack, available to purchase from St Clare’s Shop. Written by Rev Charlotte Gale.
