Modern Day Samaritan
Most of us are familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan as found in Luke chapter 10. You know, that story Jesus told about the man who was traveling on a road when he was attacked by robbers and beaten badly. Not long after, a priest saw this man, but not wanting to become "unclean," or ruin his reputation, he passed by on the other side of the road. A Levite also chose to ignore this man and crossed to the other side of the road to be able to walk around this man. Finally, a Samaritan, who was not regarded highly in that culture, saw this man and took it upon himself to help this man, and even paid an innkeeper to take care of this man and his wounds. Yep, that's the parable I'm talking about. Jesus told us to let this be an example of how we are to treat others. And yet, there are so many people around us every day that we often don't give a second thought. I'm thinking of that quiet girl who has a locker next to yours, that homeless ma...
