But we are driven to cover as much distance in a day as we can possibly manage. Even though all our rushing around does little to refresh us, we are reluctant to seek the cool stillness of the well of God. Can we sit still long enough to plumb the distant depths looking for the water of life. For in stillness and darkness, the water waits for those willing to enter. Jacob's well is about a hundred feet deep.
Water seeps in through the porous stone at the bottom of it.
Jesus is a well of infinite depth. Water and spirit rush in through the power of God, which is at the bottom of all that Jesus is, and does. Rain falls from the heavens in due season, and the water rests in the well waiting for the thirsty. There will be plenty of time for all manner of things, in due course, but this is Lent. Let yourself be lowered in the well.