The woman left her water jar—the one item that kept her alive—at the well. This little detail tells us that a spring of water was overflowing in her life. For her entire life, knowing "everything she ever did" was the gossip that trashed her reputation. But after meeting Jesus, her shame is transformed into boldness. Now, her secrets point to Jesus. It's an act of radical love. She goes to the people who have excluded her and invites them to get on the inside track with God. Jesus' respectable disciples went into town, bought groceries, and told no one about the Messiah (the promised one who would save God's people) They thought they'd done an honest day's work. Jesus has to tell them: you're about to benefit from someone else's labor. I recently talked to a guy who told me all about his alcoholism and drug addiction. He wanted me to know how bad it was so he could tell me how good Jesus was. He'd been sober for years, but he kept bringing up his past so others could find what they needed. By the time Jesus leaves this town, this woman everyone despised is a community hero. She's not only spiritually restored, but socially honored. And the Samaritans—spiritual outsiders from a Jewish perspective—give Jesus a title no one else in the Gospels uses: "Savior of the world." Sometimes those farthest from religious respectability are closest to seeing who Jesus really is. What if our problems are the pathway to meeting Jesus?