The story of the woman at the well teaches us that God loves us despite our bankrupt lives. God values us enough to actively seek us, welcome us into intimacy, and rejoice in our worship. As a result of Jesus’ conversation, only a person like the Samaritan woman, an outcast from her own people, could understand what this means. To be wanted, to be cared for when no one, not even herself, could see anything of value in her—this is grace indeed.