When was the last time I help someone?
Usually the people I meet are my offices’ colleagues and family members. Yes, helping around in the family is normal. Helping colleagues getting things done is also normal.
OK, there is this neighbour who is an elderly woman leaving alone. She also has some sickness. Whenever she needs help, she would call my wife and she would go over to her flat to help her or talk to her. She is not a Christian and I think she is not easy to live with because she has dismissed her maid which she used to have. Her son and wife are staying and working in Melbourne who were once our neighbour before his mother came to stay in this flat.
Be a good neigbour. Not point clashing with people, especially we tend to see them often.
In today’s Our Daily Bread - http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2010/01/22/devotion.aspx (Luke 10:29-37)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is about helping someone (even a stranger) who is in need. Would I go all the way to help such a person?
The priest and Levite would likely be going down to Jerusalem to perform their duties. Hence they may rationalize that helping the needy would delay their travelling or make them unclean. Yeah! We all rationalize when we see someone in need and we are not helping. There’s always a reason not to help :)) or :(:( ??
So this parable is a good reminder and also a time to reflect about doing good or at least be kind to someone who cross our path daily.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Mat 5:16)
Usually the people I meet are my offices’ colleagues and family members. Yes, helping around in the family is normal. Helping colleagues getting things done is also normal.
OK, there is this neighbour who is an elderly woman leaving alone. She also has some sickness. Whenever she needs help, she would call my wife and she would go over to her flat to help her or talk to her. She is not a Christian and I think she is not easy to live with because she has dismissed her maid which she used to have. Her son and wife are staying and working in Melbourne who were once our neighbour before his mother came to stay in this flat.
Be a good neigbour. Not point clashing with people, especially we tend to see them often.
In today’s Our Daily Bread - http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2010/01/22/devotion.aspx (Luke 10:29-37)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is about helping someone (even a stranger) who is in need. Would I go all the way to help such a person?
The priest and Levite would likely be going down to Jerusalem to perform their duties. Hence they may rationalize that helping the needy would delay their travelling or make them unclean. Yeah! We all rationalize when we see someone in need and we are not helping. There’s always a reason not to help :)) or :(:( ??
So this parable is a good reminder and also a time to reflect about doing good or at least be kind to someone who cross our path daily.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Mat 5:16)
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