Women Who Encountered Jesus
Based
on Faye Fields’ book titled Women who Encountered Jesus, and a recent
conversation I had with my Auntie Mary who is a Nun from
inspired to write a short message concerning women in the bible.
Field
points out…
- there are only eighteen occasions on which Jesus spoke to
women
- yet, there are only twelve women for who we have direct,
personal
conversations recorded
This
is related to a point that our Bro. Devon Walker from
up
one day during our evening devotions. He
mentioned that God and Jesus
are
not like distant relatives, they are PERSONAL!
We should remember to
strive daily to reach the point where we are assured that we have a personal
relationship with God and Jesus.
-
The issues these women were dealing with are ones that all of us can
relate to today:
-
Mothers concerned with children, those in conflict over good and evil
desires, those experienced the loss of loved ones, those who have values
that others criticize, those involved in physical suffering, those who are
dead in spirit, those who are caught in sin, those who are encumbered over
trivial matters, those who are deformed or handicapped, those who are
ambitious for recognition and prominence, and those who are not quite ready
for
miracles.
-
The one woman I would like to focus on in this short message is The Woman
of
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One of the interesting points my Aunt subtly pointed out to me, is that
the
woman after speaking with Jesus, left her waterpot,
and went her way
into the city. How often are we
(even with the knowledge of Christ and his
gift) able to put down – throw off – discard… all of our hang-ups or
worries? Not only did this woman put her
waterpot down, but also she went
on
her way. So, this tells me that we are
not only to give up these worries
and
hang ups, but we should also move on. As Bro. Preston Smith brought out
at
O-O Training; we should strive to reach a new level.
This
encounter can teach us many things! What
it highlights to me, is that
I
can forget about my sins, or worries, or hang ups and instead embrace
God’s wonderful gift through Jesus. As Field points out “she did not let
the
past close her lips”. The lesson here is
that we must learn to move on.
Love
and hope in our Lord’s return,
Sis. Danielle Carter