her religious experiences and her insecurity in worshiping as a Samaritan rather than as a Jew. When she finally expressed her belief in a coming Messiah, Jesus more completely revealed Himself as that Promised One. At that point, she makes a giant leap from self-centeredness (“Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty,” John 4:15) to other-centeredness (“The woman went back to the town and said to the people, ‘Come see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?’ ”