Encounter at the Well

A friend of mine sent me a text message with an idea for the title for my album: "Encounter at the Well." He said it fit with the theme of "This is Who I Am." So I went to the bible story he was referencing and studied it. John 4 tells the story of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan women at Jacob's Well. Whether that ends up being the name of the album or not has yet to be determined. But I wanted to share what I learned from studying the passage:

• Jesus wanted to let the woman know who He was
• He told her what life w/ Him could be like (neverending well of living water)
• He said that the time will come when you will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth
• This means that our worship will push past our own previous understand of who God is and past the lies we've let ourselves believe and the barriers we've put up between us and Him.
• True worship means seeing who God is
• There is a link between me understanding who I am and me understanding who He is

I'm still trying to make sense of all of the connections in my head, but I was a little blown away because this passage tied in to a conversation that I had with a woman at our church about worshipping the Father in spirit/truth and it also ties into my song. All because of a suggestion.

This has been a weird week...