Kate’s Reviews > Do What You Have the Power to Do: Studies of Six New Testament Women > Status Update

"Regardless of the place or time, we are vessels of salvation and reconciliation. We do not decide who is thirsty and in need of living water. The gift we have been given is for the benefit of all who thirst. For them, we pour out what we have been given. Like the Samaritan woman, we are haulers of living water."

"As long as anyone remains bent over, no one stands fully upright."

In chapter 2, we revisit the story of the woman who anointed Jesus with nard: "She remains a model for us because she was not afraid to give what was uniquely hers to give. In remembering her, we are challenged to do what we have the power to do. It may be only a little that we can do--or it may be much. This is not even the question. To do what we have the power to do is more than enough. It is everything God asks!"