The Good Samaritan

In the New Testament there is a story that we can apply to our lives called The Good Samaritan. This parable is about a man that is traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho that gets beat half to death by robbers. They took all of his possessions, including clothes and money. The man laid there for a while and a priest came down the road and just ignored him and walked by. Then, a Levite man walked by and ignored the dying man as well. Finally, a Samaritan man came by and helped him by patching his wounds and taking him to an inn. This parable is so important and we can use this in our lives today. The Samaritan people were hated by the Jews and were obviously not the most popular people around. This didn’t stop him from helping though. When you see someone that clearly needs help but you think one of the so called “good kids” are going to help them, think again, because people will surprise you. In the story you would think that the priest, of all people would have attempted to aid the dying man, but he didn’t. We cannot expect other people to lend a helping hand all the time. If the opportunity presents itself, you should be there for that person that may need help that day. This simple story may seem meaningless to some but it really stood out to me.