I love the story when Jesus asked a Samaritan woman for a drink from a well. Jesus said that anyone drinking water from the well would get thirsty again but that whoever drinks of the living water He offers would have everlasting life. The living water in this story represents the gospel and when we worship, we open our hearts to the healing power of the atonement of Jesus Christ.
One of the messages to the Samaritan women was that how we worship is more important than where we worship. The woman asked Jesus to give her this water. As they talked, she first thought Jesus was a prophet and told him she knew that the Messiah, or Christ, would come and tell them all things but later she found out the man she was talking to was the Messiah, and she ran to tell others she had met the Christ, the Savior of the world.
Here Christ showed how he cared about women and how much he loved to talk to regular ordinary people; that is one of the traits I love about Him. Elder Renlund suggested to the the following: " As we face this worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, we are all washing our hands a lot. The best practice for hand washing is to spend plenty of time washing with water and soap. Similarly, the simplest protection from spiritual viruses in our lives comes from plenty of time with the Living Water, our Savior Jesus Christ and from the soap of repentance. May I invite you, each time you wash your hands in the coming days and weeks, to consider what the Savior has done for you and how you can be better." I also saw this quote from President Nelson, " When Jesus asks you and me to repent, He is inviting us to change our mind, our knowledge, our spirit-- even the way we breathe. He is asking us to change the way we love, think, serve, spend our time, treat our (spouses,) teach our children, and even care for our bodies."
Con amor,
Vero
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