Yesterday was International Women’s Day, and the Gospel reading for the day was the woman at the well. The story of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well is often how she was a Samaritan and an outcast, how Jesus saw past her social standing and sin. But there is a second part to the story. Once she sees that he is the Messiah, she rushes back to her village to tell everyone.
She is an evangelist. She doesn’t care that she is an outcast or they may not believe her; she has a message of salvation and immediately wants to share it with others. "Many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in him because of the word of the woman who testified" (John 4:38).
Time and time again, Jesus uses women to share His message.
