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This post features another window from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Waverly, Iowa.
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The story depicted is, of course, Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well in the town of Sychar in Samaria........this biblical story being found in the 4th chapter of John in the New Testament. Verses 3 and 4 relate that Jesus had left Judea, and was headed back to Galilee, and that He "had to pass through Samaria." If you look at the maps found at the back of most Bibles, you will see that this would be true, for Samaria lay between Judea in the south and Galilee in the north.
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The well Jesus had stopped to rest at that day was a famous one, known as "Jacob's Well". It was located about halfway between Jerusalem and Nazareth.
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*I Googled the "Jesus and the Woman at the Well" story and happened to find
a blogpost written back in February of this year........on a Catholic blog entitled "Cura Animarum". I think it reaches in and retrieves some some very good insights from this particular Bible story. I can't think of anything better to say about it.
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*Have a blessed Sunday!!
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5 comments:
Hi,
What a pleasant sight. I stopped by because of the cow. I was raised on dairy farms in Oregon. Love cows. Maybe it is because I connect to a more peaceful time. Anyway, the pictures, something I am interested in most always, the cows, the sheep, another connection to that childhood time, and sweetest connection of all, HIM, creates a very nice site to visit.
You have a blessed day too.
I like the stain glass windows a lot! I just a did a post this morning that may get some nasty comments (!) but I really do like beautiful windows like this!
Also, I really like the photo of the cafe or restaurant in your earlier post. I really like that image a lot and it could be so many places! I always like realism and that image really captures it.
Take care!
Hi, Donna Mae,
Thank you for stopping in today! I wish I could say that cows are always peaceful!! Sometimes, they are true troublemakers!
I enjoy hearing from people with dairy backgrounds, and from other parts of the country.
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Russell,
I hopped over and read your blogpost. Very nice pictures! And, a thoughtful, thought-provoking post!
Glad you like the photo from the coffee shop! You've posted similar scenes on you blog in the past, I think. I was sitting there yesterday in the coffee shop, tired and daydreaming, when suddenly I realized the scene I was absentmindedly staring at might make a good photo!
Thanks for stopping by.
I just love your stained glass photos and posts......they are so beautiful and interesting. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Have a lovely Sunday.......
As usual those windows are stunning. Thank you for this.
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