Where Will You Start?

I had the opportunity once to listen to someone speak about meeting Mother Theresa. She took this person immediately upon meeting him to an alley where a man was lying in a gutter, and told him to pick up the man and bring him back to the shelter. She then left him to spend the rest of the day washing the man and cleansing his many wounds.

I remember this story each time I hear the story of the Good Samaritan. It challenges me to continually look for those in need. I find myself feeling convicted by the number of sick or injured people I have carried away from roadsides or alleyways; precisely zero. Maybe I'm struggling because I see things as, as a high school coach once said "Go Big or Go Home!" sort of mentality. Sometimes it can be so easy to overlook the small things when the big things aren't staring us in the face every day.

Our home group recently started a new study on being a good Samaritan. We've challenged ourselves to be poured out each time we meet by finding something that connects to each lesson. This week we sent health kits to Haiti to meet basic hygiene needs for those displaced by the earthquake. It may seem small, but we'll keep looking for new ways to be involved in our world and community. Maybe it will even help us see something "big".

What ways, big or small, do you see for you to be a Samaritan? What will you do about it? Share your story; we want to hear it!