“He will use you for His purpose until you’re all used up. Jesus’ done will cover you until God is done with you.”

She came to the well at noon — when the sun was hottest and the crowds were thinnest. Intentionally.

I think about why more people don't rush toward Christianity. My answer usually comes down to the same reason I'm not running toward any other religion.

"Tobe Nwigwe said the thing the church has been tiptoeing around for years — out loud, on a record, with his whole chest. The response told me everything I needed to know about who's actually ready for the gospel and who just likes the idea of it."

She was silenced, isolated, vulnerable, scrutinized, and hiding. She met Jesus who went out of His way to break the rules just for her.

It's not looking too good. When he kept saying 'my time' I thought it meant His time to rescue us.

I had Jesus in my heart — or so I thought. Then God showed me that having Him in a section of your heart is actually not having Him at all.

"For Christ's sake—literally. This is the story of how I thought I was saved, went to church my whole life, and still didn't understand the Gospel until I was forced to reckon with what I actually believed."