When Jesus met her, Sam was running errands and running away from those who knew all about her flaws and failed marriages. Knowing she was running from the very thing that reminded her of her imperfections, Jesus timed it so she would run into Him and find perfect love.
He initiated conversation and asked her for the one thing she had to offer: water. It wasn’t much, but it was a starting point. Sam could have filled her jar and headed back home, returning to her busy day.
Yet she stopped and listened. She let Him speak into the broken, hurting, empty places of her heart.Jesus intentionally met Sam in one of the loneliest parts of her day.
And in the same way, He wants to meet us in the midst of our sometimes lonely and often imperfect lives, when our disappointments, pains and failures try to confirm our self-doubts.Jesus is there waiting for us to come to Him.He is there when we’re going through the motions, aware of what needs to be done, but unaware of how we’re going to do it.
He is there when we can’t stop criticizing ourselves for blowing it the day before; when we go to work and wonder why we’re even there.
He is there during endless days filled with diapers and laundry, wondering if we’ll ever find meaning in the monotony.
He is there when we come home to an empty house and wonder why we don’t have a family, or come home to a teenager who belittle us and a husband who ignores us.
Jesus sees our hearts and knows the pain of our loneliness, disappointment and rejection. Today He is pursuing us, inviting us to come to Him to receive the perfect love He offers — love that is patient and kind, love that keeps no record of wrongs, love that won’t give up on us.
Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, will you stop and talk to Him? And then, will you quiet your thoughts so you can listen to His?
(: God is still sovereign, above all. <3
It really doesn't matter how we feel. Even when we feel out of control, He's there to take the reigns and He'll bring us back on the right path.
Let go, let God.
