In John chapter 4 Jesus talks to a woman at a well. At first glance this doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but it is.
She was a woman. Men were not supposed to speak to women in public. Especially a Rabbi, which is what many people considered Jesus to be.
She was a Samaritan. Samaritans were considered half-Jews and looked down upon by the "real Jews." They were Jews that had inter-married with foreigners, they were second class citizens.
She was at the well in the middle of the day, when it was hot. No one went to the well when it was hot, she was there then so that no one would see her because she had a reputation. She was adulterous, she had many husbands and was now living with someone else.
So here is Jesus, talking to a woman with a past, a woman that was a "second class" citizen, and he is offering her new life.
I have a friend that I have invited to church on a number of occasions and have gotten the same response, "if I walk through the door the place would catch on fire." No, you are the one that Jesus wants to talk to. You are the one that Jesus wants to love. You are the sheep that the shepherd has been chasing for years.
No matter who you are, no matter what you've done, Jesus wants you.
Just because Christians can be self-righteous, judgmental hypocrites doesn't mean Jesus is.
Jesus is waiting for you.
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