Sometimes you notice God’s prompts more than others, sometimes they are glaringly obvious, other times they may go nearly unnoticed. Last week I facilitated an online retreat on the theme Water of Life, using the image that I’ve blogged about previously – of the sculpture based on the gospel story of Jesus meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well, where he asked her to draw water for him.
I enjoyed putting the retreat together, got a lot out of thinking on the image, the words from John’s gospel, questions to reflect upon, a resource to give to people, and working on how to put together the online space. Having ‘done it’, I thought I had put this away, filed my paperwork for another time, but on Sunday an email popped into my inbox (it does daily) from the Henri Nouwen society with his meditation on this story. So, I’m still sitting with it, because there is so much more to discover in this encounter.
“Therefore, I do not have to be stingy with your gift, O Lord. I can freely let the water come from my center and let anyone who desires drink from it. Perhaps I will even see this spring in myself when others come to it to quench their thirst.”
Henri J M Nouwen
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