A Nameless Woman at the Well

She is a faithful unknown

Genuine curiosity

When she got the opportunity

What every religious men

In their long prayers and worships

Could have ever asked for

She went to the well
Of the most well-known
In the silence under the bright sun
We left with her father’s name
She was a daughter of Jacob
A nameless daughter

God’s chosen evangelists
Barely considered
A woman and her husbands and her sins
She was a stranger in God’s kingdom
Yet she have met the Savior
Despite her immoral behavior

We were told only about her darkness
By our pastors and their righteousness
Nonetheless she was the dark night
Where the Light of the world shone the brightest

The Son of God asked to drink from her vessel
A nameless woman at the well
Through whom God’s graces dwell

She was nameless and a witness
The unknown with a mission
Putting her faith into action
Action and adoration

Reborn from the encounter
The Living Water gushed in her
Proclaiming God’s love

For the people at the border

Reflection based on John 4: 1-42
Jakarta, February 7th 2019--
I wrote a short article about this: Click here