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Meet Me At The Well

I have been working on this blog topic this week. On Saturday I was blessed to be able to attend a women’s event here in my town, and the woman who spoke, Kelly Bland did such a great job. In the different scriptures she talked about, John chapter 4 was one of them. I just smiled to myself because some of the things she spoke about I had been thinking through this week, and she spoke from another perspective and it was exactly what I needed. Have you ever read the story of the Samaritan woman? It is truly touching when you read it. Jesus sitting at the well alone, and enters the Samaritan woman, whom is usually an outcast and one that is unspoken to. Have you ever paid attention to what time the woman came to the well? She came to the well at noontime, it doesn’t seem like anything but when you think about it, it’s an odd time. The wells are usually located outside of town and most women would go draw water from the well in the morning and night time, but she is coming at noontime. Her coming…

Forgiveness

“If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure to all of you. This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person, so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead.  Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan.” 2 Corinthians 2: 5-11 Forgiveness for me is not something that comes easily at times. It can take years for some and for some forgiveness comes easy. For some, they never forgive. I honestly envy those people that can truly forgive quickly and move on. I am trying so hard to be like that and forgive justly and fervently as God wants us to do. There are some situations that I have been able to forgive, but there are some that have held onto with my heart, rooted down…