Sunday, 01 March 2009
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Woman at the Well
Jesus told the woman at the well that she had 5 husbands and was now living with someone who was not her husband. She told the village people "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did." But Jesus only told her about her life with men. So had that become her whole life? An interesting thought I heard in a sermon the other day. How sad it is when we become nothing more than our sex lives and identify ourselves by those!
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That really is an interesting thought...but, thinking on life these days, I think it is a bit common for women to be defined, in a way, by the relationships she is in. Either specifically or broadly. Some women are the type to always end up with a certain type...or there are women that are always in a relationship...and those that never are. Or there are types related to women's dating styles and personalities. Hm...interesting topic.
Now that you intend to write here more often, could I make a small request? Perhaps making the background a shade less intense, I was distracted away by the brightness.
yes please change the background sir.
and i knew a guy who's entire identity was wrapped up in the fact that he was good in the sack and he was all about the next conquest. he was a very empty searching person.
Well then I would have no life. And life is obviously FAR more than sex.
I know a lot of women who feel they are nothing if they are not in a relationship. They spend their lives getting and trying to hold on to a man. For me it's the opposite I've never really wanted a man to be that important in my life and now that someone is quietly creeping further into my heart I find myself wanting to run and hide from all the feelings he stirs up inside me. I don't want him to become "everything" in my life. My goal is to find a place somewhere between having no relationship and having a "He's my everything" relationship.
You all may not agree with me, but how do feel regarding this point of view. I'm always one to try and see things from every vantage point and some people may not think of this. In REAL life, when Jesus was talking to the woman at the well, he may have very well talked about other things as well, but everything wasn't recorded or written down. If you've ever written in a journal about conversations you've had with people, do you write down every word that was said verbatim for the entire conversation? I know I don't, it would just be too long and take too much time. The Bible says, "And there are also many other things that Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen." (John 21:25). So many people think that if it's not contained in the Bible then it never happened, but Jesus lived and walked and talked for as many hours during the day as anyone else, and there were many things that he did which weren't recorded. This conversation at the well may only have been a part of what he said. The clue is when she mentioned that Christ was able to tell her everything she ever did; to me that indicates that there was more said than what was actually written or recorded and the reason this particular point about the men was recorded because perhaps it was one of the most important issues that was brought up. How do you feel about this POV? Makes me think about it a little more.
@homemadehappiness@xanga - That's a very good point.
Then again, I know people who seem to have forgotten the parts of themselves that aren't their sex life....
@yourkbear@xanga - Ha, ha, true!
@Christismyrockforalways@xanga - Not everyone understands that.
@echois23@xanga - I so agree with you, it isn't funny. I also am a classic de-emphasizer of relationships at times, because I see the danger of getting in too deep.
@homemadehappiness@xanga - @yourkbear@xanga - Thank you, friends, that's a good point. Sometimes I take the Bible so literally that I forget to look for context or understand that not every last detail may be written down.