Encounter

In the ordinary moment of the the day,
In the getting of water for cooking and washing,
I met Him who told me everything I had ever done
with such love
that I knew my thirst was satisfied at last.

"Ask of Me," He said to me,
"and I will give you living water;
water that springs up to eternal life."

And each time after that,
Going to the well,
I remembered the One
Who met me there,
At one moment,
Satisfying forever
My thirst for life.