Devotion:
Read Luke 10:25-37.
Probably the best story ever written! Because we know it so well, we may gloss over it. It challenges us on many levels:
- The inclusiveness of everyone as our neighbor.
- The way religious people can pass by human needs and the most rejected people can respond positively.
- The way we try to appear experts, like the lawyer.
It is a story of not missing human violence and abuse under our noses, a reminder that many suffer because of the cruelty of others. It’s mainly a story to ask us to respond as positively as we can to all human need.
Personal Worship Option:
It has been called the best story and best remembered story ever told! Let it hit you anew in prayer. Ask: What makes me go to the other side? What makes me avoid some type of people in need? Who might they be? I pray that I may identify any blocks in myself which cause me to ignore or belittle others' needs. All people are crying with the cry of Jesus. That is what I want to respond to.
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