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| Woman at the Well |
In the
wilderness
waters break
in
streams
carve the desert.
When rains
come
mother eagle
cries her message
as she soars
to her destiny.
For each of
us
a time is
given between
then and
what could be
when love
begs to enter
the crevices
of long-held restraint.
To drink
from the cup You offer;
I've heard
the invitation a thousand ways.
I take this
blessing cup
wellspring
of "living waters".
Barbara
Billey (Mar 2017)
In John's
Gospel (Jn 4:1-28), we witness Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman at a
well in Sychar, a town in Samaria. She's someone considered by Jews as other.
In his hospitality for difference, Jesus opens the way for her to choose "living
waters". In accepting his invitation, she, too, sees beyond difference and
discovers Jesus as the Messiah. Her old identity falls away and she emerges closer
to the Divine, in Jesus and in herself. This woman becomes a prophet who shares
her enthusiasm for Jesus with others, with persons thirsting for the same
Divine energy.
While in
prayer lately, I've been imagining sitting with Jesus at the well. At this time
in my life that is pulsating with grief and loss, I feel a sense of mystery
moving in His presence. He holds me in the fertile space between a familiar way
of knowing myself, and surrendering into a new way that is beckoning. Jesus'
silent embrace provides solid ground and deep rest to sustain me in the brutal
beauty of my mother's cancer journey and for other necessary changes.
Each of us has a well, a place to be with
Jesus, where we are seen and see. We come with our jars and our agendas, and can
set them aside to be immersed in Holy Presence. When we accept Jesus'
invitation, love and compassion radiate through us and draw others to the wellspring
of new life. For what do you thirst?
Water of Life by David Haas
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