WOMAN AT THE WELL
TO BEGIN
SHE WAS A WOMAN
SHE HAD NO RIGHTS
EXCEPT THAT GIVEN BY THE MAN WHO OWNED HER
HUSBAND
FATHER
BROTHER
UNCLE
DOWN THE FAMILY TREE
A JEWISH MAN
DID NOT WILLINGLY SPEAK TO A WOMAN
NOT HIS KIN
IN FACT HIS MORNING PRAYER WAS
THANK YOU GOD FOR NOT MAKING ME
A WOMAN
SLAVE
OR GENTILE
BESIDE THAT SHE WAS A SAMARITAN
LOWER THAN A WOMAN
ALMOST A NON-PERSON
BUT THIS JEWISH GENTLE MAN
HAD APPROACHED HER
WHILE SHE WAS AT THE WELL
AND ASKED HER FOR A DRINK
WHAT SURPRISED HER
BEYOND A JEW TALKING TO A GENTILE
WAS THAT HE ASKED HER FOR A DRINK POLITELY
SHE’D BEEN USE TO BEING ORDERED ABOUT
NOT ALWAYS CIVILLY
AND NEVER WITH A PLEASE
HOW CAN YOU A JEW SPEAK TO ME
IS YOUR THIRST THAT GREAT
IF YOU KNEW WHO I AM
YOU’D KNOW
I CAN GIVE YOU LIVING WATER
ONE WHO DRINKS OF IT WILL NEVER THIRST
YOU HAVE NO PITCHER
AND THE WELL IS DEEP
HOW CAN YOU GIVE ME
THIS LIVING WATER
BUT IF YOU CAN
GIVE ME SOME
SO I CAN STOP COMING TO THIS WELL
GET YOUR HUSBAND
I HAVE NO HUSBAND
YOU HAVE HAD FIVE
BUT YOUR PRESENT MAN
IS NOT YOUR HUSBAND
ARE YOU A PROPHET
OR BETTER THE MESSIAH
TELL ME WHICH TEMPLE IS BETTER
OUR OR YOURS
BOTH TEMPLES
ARE GOING AWAY
FOR GOD WILL BE WORSHIPPED
AS HE CHOOSES
FOR
GOD IS SPIRIT
AND HIS WORSHIPERS
MUST WORSHIP
IN THE SPIRIT
AND IN TRUTH
BUT WHEN WILL MESSIAH COME
THE ONE WHO SPEAKS TO YOU
IS HE
HOW MANY TIMES IN OUR ORDINARY LIFE
DOING MUNDANE THINGS
LIKE GOING FOR WATER
DO WE MEET JESUS
AND REFUSE HIM A DRINK
OR THE TIME OF DAY
FRANK A VOLLMER
