I'M ON MY WAY TO CHURCH, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO HELP!
I didn't make it far before the Holy Spirit tightened my gut. My brain said: "You don't have time to stop!" My heart said: "Only a hypocrite would worry about being late for church and not stop to help somebody. We made a u-turn.
The man with the metal leg on the sidewalk had a small blanket underneath him. I asked him if he was okay and he said: "Yeah, I'm just waiting for somebody to pick me up. We talked about God and he said that he read the Bible. I gave him our business card and told him to call if he ever needed help. We were a little bit late for church but not much.
Several weeks later the guy did call and asked for help. He needed a ride to an office downtown. I picked him up and gave him a ride. Our conversation was like none that I've ever had before. I'm not sure what to believe about a highly unbelievable story. Looking back on the whole episode, I'm not sure if my actions were of much benefit for the guy. I do know that I learned a lesson about what's important in life. Don't go chasing dreams and drive by opportunities to serve.
DAY 14 WORD
A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”
Jesus answered him, “What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?”
The man answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind’; and ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’”
“You are right,” Jesus replied; “do this and you will live.”
But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
Jesus answered, “There was once a man who was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers attacked him, stripped him, and beat him up, leaving him half dead. It so happened that a priest was going down that road; but when he saw the man, he walked on by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also came there, went over and looked at the man, and then walked on by on the other side. But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity. He went over to him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them; then he put the man on his own animal and took him to an inn, where he took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he told the innkeeper, ‘and when I come back this way, I will pay you whatever else you spend on him.’”
And Jesus concluded, “In your opinion, which one of these three acted like a neighbor toward the man attacked by the robbers?”
The teacher of the Law answered, “The one who was kind to him.”
Jesus replied, “You go, then, and do the same.”
DAY 14 PRAYER
DAY 14 DEEP THOUGHTS - A SONG
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
A tired man was coming home from work
Suddenly he was attacked by group of bandits.
Now he's laying on the street
Wounded, bloodied and beat.
Can you imagine.
Who can help him stand up
Who can give him a drink?
Who can heal him my friend,
What do you think?
His brother was passing by,
on the other side,
No time to help, he went on by
as his brother cried.
Who can help him stand up
Who can give him a drink?
Who can heal him my friend,
What do you think?
In the city lives a preacher
He talks about love
They call him the friendship teacher,
He doesn't show love.
Where is this love,
That we're talking about.
Don't look at the words
look at the deeds.
Who can help him stand up
Who can give him a drink?
Who can heal him my friend,
What do you think?
A simple man was passing by,
He gave him a hand.
Remembering him as a robber,
He helped him anyway.
For the poor and beaten people,
He doesn't wait for goodness,
He loves you as you are.
He helped him stand up
He gave him a drink.
He healed him my friend,
That's how we should think.