Monday, April 4, 2022

WE ARE ALL=ON A MISSION

 










WE ARE ALL

ON A MISSION OF MERCY

FROM GOD!


In the Xth chapter

Of Saint Luke's Gospel

Jesus tells ONE of the

GREATEST parables ever told


The parable of

THE GOOD SAMARITAN-and for the record

Jesus NEVER once calls the Samaritan “good”


But he DOES use the parable

In RESPONSE to the question

By an expert in the law:

“And who is my neighbor?”


For the record

A man is beaten and robbed

And left by the side of the road


A priest and a lawyer-

BOTH pass by-and ignore him-

But a Samaritan helps him


“A Samaritan traveler

Who came upon him

Was moved with COMPASSION

At the sight”                                                                                             Luke 10:33


The Samaritan bandaged his wounds

And took him to an inn-

And paid for him-

To be taken care of


We should ALL be

Like the Samaritan-


We should all be

LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR


And we are ALL

On a MISSION OF MERCY

From our God


We all see

Victims in life-either-

On the evening news-

Or up close and personal

In our life 


Are we 

responding WITH MERCY?

Are we responding with COMPASSION?


“Have mercy on me

My God

Have MERCY on me


For in you

I take refuge


I will take refuge

In the shadow of your wings

UNTIL the disaster

Has passed”                                                                                        Psalm 57:1


“Therefore-as God's CHOSEN PEOPLE-

Holy and dearly loved


CLOTHE yourself with compassion-kindness-

Humility-gentleness-and patience”                                                                 Colossians 3:12


YES that is what

The SAMARITAN did

For the injured stranger


And that is

What we should do

For each other in life 


This kind of compassion 

COMES from

The heart of God


And this is the KIND OF COMPASSION 

And MERCY that Jesus himself

GAVE to us


He gave us ALL he had

Withholding nothing from us


Dear Lord-in this YEAR of MERCY

Let us be a REAL NEIGHBOR

Like the GOOD SAMARITAN 


And like Jesus himself


Give away

ALL of ourselves for others


There are victims and people

All around us with problems


Let us live our lives

Like the real neighbors

That we are


Like we are

ON A MISSION OF 

MERCY FROM GOD


Robert P.Wallman

10-2-16 and 4-04-2022



Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen

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