Our story this Sunday was very interesting. Jesus had been traveling through Samaria with his disciples. It was around noon and Jesus was hot and tired. He sat down by a well to rest and hoped for a drink of water.

Soon, a Samaritan woman came to the well for water. Usually, no one came to the well at noon because it was the hottest part of the day. She did not want her neighbors to see her, because they were unkind to her. Jesus spoke to the woman. She was surprised because Jews and Samaritans did not speak to one another.

Jesus said to her, “Give me to drink”.

Then the woman said, “How is it that thou, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan, for a drink?”

Jesus answered, “If you knew who saith to you “Give me to drink” thou would have asked him, and he would give you living water.”

Jesus talked with this woman for some time and told her all that he knew about her life. Jesus revealed to her that he was the Messiah she had heard about. The woman’s faith was so great that she ran into the city to tell people to come and hear what Jesus had to teach. Many believed because of what the woman said.

The main takeaway of this story is that everyone is accepted by God, no matter who she or he is. With God, it doesn’t matter what you have done, where you are from, or how different you are from others; we can all find our spiritual gifts through Jesus.

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