Living Water

The Samaritan woman said to Jesus, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.)Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water … Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink the water that I give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem … But the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”

Just then his disciples came … The woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to him.

Many Samaritans from that city believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word.             

(John 4:9-30, 39-41)

Live in Freedom

If we continue in Jesus’s Word and following in his footsteps, he promises we will know the truth. We’ll abide in the kingdom of God, living and loving together, and the truth of that will make us free. We’ll have new power and new life from God and the Holy Spirit. Peace and blessings, everybody! Live in freedom!! ❤️💜

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Light of All People

These collages are meditations on Jesus as the light of the world. Especially as he’s described in the beginning of the gospel of John: “What came into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.” (John 1:3-4)

I’m not sure if these pieces are finished or not. I kind of like the areas that are black and white; seems like maybe they portray something about the “coming into being” in John’s story–how everything came into being in the beginning and how we are always coming into being as we grow and transform and live more in the light. But maybe I’ll want to add more color later? Please let me know if you have any thoughts… Peace and blessings! ❤️ 💜

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Feed My People

When Jesus appeared after his resurrection and served his disciples breakfast on the beach, he spoke with Peter at length and asked him three times in succession, Do you love me? Each time Peter answered, Yes, Lord I love you; you know I love you; of course I love you, etc. In response, every time, Jesus replied, Then feed my lambs, tend my sheep, feed my sheep. Which means, of course, feed my people. And feed them, nourish them, in every way you can: with physical, spiritual, emotional, healing, financially sound, nutritional, soulful, loving, peaceful, righteous/just, etc., and POWERFUL food.

This conversation is one of Jesus’s most important teachings: if we love him, we need to feed people in every way we can, in every way they have need. If we are feeding people in every way they need to be nourished, that is how we love and follow Jesus. ❤️ 💜

Come and Have Breakfast

When we’re in need—hungry, thirsty, sick, grieving, lost, tired, troubled, confused, or any kind of pain at all—Jesus can come and help us at our point of need. He brings answers, healings, solutions, and comfort; he wants to solve problems and restore our health and strength. We just need to ask, invite him to come…

This story from Scripture demonstrates his love and concern for those who want to walk with him: One day after Jesus had risen from the tomb and appeared to his disciples, he came to them fishing and said, “Children, you have no fish, do you?” They answered, “No.” “Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some,” he said. So they cast their nets, and then they weren’t able to haul them in because there were so many fish … When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. Jesus said, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” So Peter went and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn. Then Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast with me.” (John 21:5-12)

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Believe in Jesus & God’s Kingdom

We have the expression “a doubting Thomas,” and many of us (me included) sometimes feel like Thomas did: “Unless I see … I will not believe.” So in this piece, I tried to depict the encounter in the locked room when Jesus and Thomas and other followers meet again. The Gospel of John tells us, although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Very moved and convinced, Thomas answered: “My Lord and my God! And Jesus responded, “Do you believe because you see me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” (John 20:26-29)

Yes, I truly believe those who believe without seeing are blessed in God’s kingdom!! But so are those who come to believe after doubting or after having any kind of experience of Jesus or God’s Kingdom (perhaps without visuals or anything measurable or tangible). I see all the time that people who love Jesus and believe and participate in God’s kingdom are blessed beyond measure every day and for eternity!! Peace and blessings to you!! ❤️ 💜

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