by Pastor Bobby Schuller
"The woman said, 'I know that Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.' Then Jesus declared, 'I, the one speaking to you - I am he.'" -John 4: 25-26
When two people become one flesh in marriage, they cannot be simply separated in the midst of the devastation of divorce. The two cannot just be neatly and cleanly separated. It doesn't separate easily. It tears, and it breaks, and it bleeds. If you get a divorce or if you've been through a divorce, you know how ugly and dirty it can be.
In divorce, everything splits, not only you and your spouse, but also your kids, who are now are going back and forth. Then there may be other dads and other moms. Even the friends get split as they have to choose. And the in-law family you used to be close to, now things are awkward between you. You have to split baptisms, weddings, holidays, etc. Everything is split, everything's broken, everything's wounded. And it's not just you and your ex-spouse, it's your whole community that is split. Everything breaks and tears and it's never clean and it never feels good, does it? So all of us, then, have been wounded by these broken relationships.
Like the woman at the well (John 4:1-26), Jesus knew she had been broken, divorced five times, but instead of condemning, he offered her living water. He offered grace to her and through her to those who had been negatively affected by her broken relationships. He offers the same to all of us, no matter what our pasts hold.
Prayer: Dear Lord, you know everything about me, good and bad, and have loved me through it all. Thank you for your redeeming grace. Amen.
Reflection: How can you relate to the "woman at the well"? How has Jesus come alongside you to help you restart and rebuild your life after a fall? -Hour of Power
"The woman said, 'I know that Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.' Then Jesus declared, 'I, the one speaking to you - I am he.'" -John 4: 25-26
When two people become one flesh in marriage, they cannot be simply separated in the midst of the devastation of divorce. The two cannot just be neatly and cleanly separated. It doesn't separate easily. It tears, and it breaks, and it bleeds. If you get a divorce or if you've been through a divorce, you know how ugly and dirty it can be.
In divorce, everything splits, not only you and your spouse, but also your kids, who are now are going back and forth. Then there may be other dads and other moms. Even the friends get split as they have to choose. And the in-law family you used to be close to, now things are awkward between you. You have to split baptisms, weddings, holidays, etc. Everything is split, everything's broken, everything's wounded. And it's not just you and your ex-spouse, it's your whole community that is split. Everything breaks and tears and it's never clean and it never feels good, does it? So all of us, then, have been wounded by these broken relationships.
Like the woman at the well (John 4:1-26), Jesus knew she had been broken, divorced five times, but instead of condemning, he offered her living water. He offered grace to her and through her to those who had been negatively affected by her broken relationships. He offers the same to all of us, no matter what our pasts hold.
Prayer: Dear Lord, you know everything about me, good and bad, and have loved me through it all. Thank you for your redeeming grace. Amen.
Reflection: How can you relate to the "woman at the well"? How has Jesus come alongside you to help you restart and rebuild your life after a fall? -Hour of Power
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