Friday... We miss out on so much.

We are living in a difficult time and we miss out on so much because of our view of people.

Jesus was so good at putting us and others in our and their place. And He did that in Luke 10 (NLT), with a tremendous story. In the story there was a Jewish man, a priest, a Temple assistant and there were some bandits. And at least two of them would have been used as heroes in the story that we would tell but Jesus had a different purpose in how He told the story. In verse 33 He says, "Then a despised Samaritan came along." And we have so many out there that we despise too, don't we? and in no way would we make them the heroes. We miss out on so much.

Now there were many reasons why the Jews despised the Samaritans and that is true of us with so many others that we also despise. But Jesus even loved the bandits. He gave His life for every one of us. He didn't despise us, He died for us.

We miss out on so much when we live with wrong preconceived ideas. And He wants us to be open to others. Somehow we need to not use our ideas to despise but to die to our prejudices and experience relationships that we would run away from because we despise them. "Then a despised Samaritan came along." He was the hero.

In verses 36-37 (AMP) Jesus asks the man He was telling the story to, "Which of these three proved himself a neighbor to the man who encountered the robbers?'"The man answered, "The one who showed compassion and mercy to him." And then Jesus said, "Go and constantly do the same."

Maybe we need to stop despising and start reaching out and seeing people as Jesus does. We miss out on so much. We really do. They maybe could be the hero in your life. By the way, He wants us to be the Good Samaritan. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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