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The Grands Letter (GLJ)

on December 28, 2016 8:12 am (CST)
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Dear Grands,

John 4:3-6a, “He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.

4 And He had to pass through Samaria.

5 So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel

of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

6 and Jacob’s well was there.”

We take so much for granted. Only missionaries from our own

country truly understand the need for pure and plentiful water.

Multiple nations today have little water that is fit to drink. It was

the same in ancient times. I shall never forget the day my family

and I stood at Jacob’s well. My emotions ran wild! This was the

very place where Jesus stood as he spoke to the Samaritan

woman. I dropped a small pebble into the well and it seemed

like minutes before I heard it hit the water below. It was indeed

deep. ~ Customs in that day were quite different, too. Jews did

not speak to Samaritans (why is a story in itself); men did not

speak to women in public –even to their wives. Yet, Jesus used

the water for which the woman had come, to start a conversation

with her. We need very little with which to engage people in

conversation. Water is so basic, but it can be a conduit to lead

someone to Eternal Life.

You are the joy of our life,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

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