He Told Me All

He Told Me All That I Did
By Henri Fantin-Latour

The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,
‘Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?’”
John 4:28-29

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In John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well, a woman burdened by social rejection and personal shame. She came to draw water alone, at midday, perhaps to avoid the judgment of others. But Jesus was waiting for her. He asked her for a drink, crossing every social and religious barrier of the day. When their conversation turned personal, He gently revealed that He already knew her story: “Thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband” (John 4:18). He knew her whole truth and, yet, instead of condemnation, He offered her living water.

This encounter reveals the heart of Christ. He does not recoil from our past. He sees everything, and still loves us with a perfect love. Dieter F. Uchtdorf once said, “God does not need us to be perfect. He needs us to love Him, to strive to become like Him, and to repent when we fall short.” Touched by the Savior’s words, the woman at the well did just that. She opened her heart to the One who already knew her and allowed her life to change. C.S. Lewis observed, “To be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an artist delights in his work or a father in a son—it seems impossible, a weight or burden of glory which our thoughts can hardly sustain. But so it is.” Jesus saw the woman’s potential and her infinite worth, not just her troubled past.

He sees ours too. We may hide from others or even from ourselves, but Christ sees all and still draws near. He invites us to leave behind our waterpots—filled with whatever it is we think we need and are reluctant to let go of—and run toward the new life and living water He is offering us, just as the Samaritan woman did. The message is simple and life-changing: You are fully known and fully loved. Nothing in your past disqualifies you from His grace. Jesus still meets us at our wells—offering living water, not because we are flawless, but because He is faithful. Come, drink deeply. He already knows you—and He loves you still.

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