Another Look at the Woman at the Well

How do we confront other people?  Wouldn’t it be great if all of life’s conversations were full of daisies and sunshine?  But that’s not reality.  Sometimes life calls for difficult dialogue.  

Jesus was never afraid to ask the tough questions, as we see clearly this week in his conversation with the Samaritan woman.  Jesus spoke so directly to this woman at the well.  He called her out on specific sin and boldly challenged her to take a truthful look at her life.  But how did He do it?  How did He balance confrontation with grace, and what can we learn from it?  

Erika’s lesson this week was so full of Jesus presenting foundational truth.  How is it that Jesus could be so direct, yet also be so full of love?  Here’s a post from last October that addresses this very question.  Read more…