Madi Prewett Troutt

Like she does not, she is asking, who am I and why am I here?

And am I worth more than my looks?

Will I ever be loved the way I want to be loved?

Does anyone see me?

And there's probably a lot of people that are listening to this podcast right now that are asking those questions.

And Jesus engages in this conversation with this woman.

And he says, you know, you're going to have to keep coming back to this well again and again and again.

Like you're thirsty and you're going to keep having to come back to get the same water because you're going to get thirsty again.

And he says, but if you come to me, I'll give you living water and you will never thirst again.

And it says she leaves that moment thirsty.

More words were exchanged, but she leaves that moment going and boasting about everything Jesus had saved her and set her free from.

The thing that probably kept her so bound and hidden and isolated for so long.

Then she began to just tell everybody what he rescued her from.

And she just was on mission to share the good news.

And it was like this whole new identity was found.

And it talks about that in scripture, that those of us who are in Christ, we are a new creation.

And we have a new identity.

It's like when you get married and you get a new name, a new last name, like we are given a new name.

And I think that that's so beautiful and what good news that is for all of us that we are not our past mistakes, that we don't have to strive to be good enough.

We don't have to thirst for the world's validation and attention because that's going to leave us continuously empty.