THE WOMAN OF JOHN 4

She came with needs bearing her water pot;

She came with sins conscious that she was lost;

She came with shame about her guilty walk;

She found a Stranger who understood her lot;

She found a Saviour prepared to bear the cost;

She found a Friend prepared to join in talk:

What collocutors, the woman and the Lord!

What conversations that boldly ranged across

The satisfaction that Jesus spread abroad,

The woman's guilt and all the ill she wrought,

True worshippers and their approach to God,

And the great secret of who the Stranger was.