I teach our preschool Sunday School class at my church. Last week's lesson was on the Good Samaritan.
During the early hours of Monday morning, I awoke from a dream. In it, I was disagreeing with someone over abortion--I think it started with a disagreement over something else though. But as I awoke, I had only one thing in my mind--one question really...
Who is my neighbor?
It was so strange to awaken to that question, but all during this week I have remembered to ask myself that question at various times. When I saw the homeless man with a sign a couple of miles from my house...he is a neighbor. I discussed that idea with my oldest son right there in the car.
And as I see all the people I disagree with over personal convictions (a lot of them in DC today), I realize they are my neighbors, too. No matter if we see eye to eye.
It is very humbling to look at all people and see that God loves them. Our children, our actual neighbors, our pastor, our friends, our enemies, the people with whom we disagree, criminals, terrorists--God loves them all. It makes identifying your neighbor easier said than done.
This story of the Good Samaritan is not so simple when it is actually put into practice.
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It's easy to have good morals and live a good life in easy times. It's when things get rough we start to struggle, but that's when we have the greatest potential to do good. Without problems and things like that in life, what would we learn from?
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