Luke 10:33-37 (ERV) “Then a Samaritan man traveled down that road. He came to the place where the hurt man was lying. He saw the man and felt very sorry for him.  The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine on his wounds. Then he covered the man’s wounds with cloth. The Samaritan had a donkey. He put the hurt man on his donkey, and he took him to an inn. There he cared for him. The next day, the Samaritan took out two silver coins and gave them to the man who worked at the inn. He said, ‘Take care of this hurt man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.’” Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was really a neighbor to the man who was hurt by the robbers?” The teacher of the law answered, “The one who helped him.”

 

Proper response:  Some people get close enough to care.

 

I saw a picture of this the other day:

A daughter taking care of her elderly mom.

A grandmother cooking breakfast for her grandchildren then taking them to school.

Back home to get her mom up, fixing brunch for her, get her cleaned up and settled in with TV, books etc.

Back to school for grandkids, home for them, snack, settled in, back home to mom.

Fix supper, clean house, calls to encourage others, get mom ready and in bed.

Then this daughter, grandmother, picture of Jesus, starts over the next day.

 

Lord Jesus, this is Dennis. Your people who model Your grace sure are beautiful.

Thank You for showing us by Your example of what genuine faith looks like.

 

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