ODB: Stop to help

Eat, Our Daily Bread | June 11, 2010 12:01 am

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June 11, 2010 


Compassion is always active.

 

READ: Luke 10:30-37 

You shall love . . . your neighbor as yourself. —Luke 10:27 

Dr. Scott Kurtzman, chief of sur- gery at Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut, was on his way to deliver a lecture when he witnessed a horrible crash involving 20 vehicles. The doctor shifted into trauma mode, worked his way through the mess of metal, and called out, “Who needs help?” After 90 minutes of assisting, and the victims were taken to area hospitals, Dr. Kurtzman commented, “A person with my skills simply can’t drive by someone who is injured. I refuse to live my life that way.”

Jesus told a parable about a man who stopped to help another (Luke 10:30-37). A Jewish man had been ambushed, stripped, robbed, and left for dead. A Jewish priest and a temple assistant passed by, saw the man, and crossed over to the other side. Then a despised Samaritan came by, saw the man, and was filled with compassion. His compassion was translated into action: He soothed and bandaged the man’s wounds, took him to an inn, cared for him while he could, paid for all his medical expenses, and then promised the innkeeper he would return to pay any additional expenses.

There are people around us who are suffering. Moved with compassion for their pain, let’s be those who stop to help. —Marvin Williams

Source: Our Daily Bread

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2 Comments

  1. YMIblogging says:

    Be ready to help anyone in a lurch. This can be put into practice in simple ways like helping someone get up after a fall to setting aside a portion of your allowance to support a Christian charity every month. Psalms 116:5 says: “5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. [ESV]” Just as the Lord is compassionate, may be act out our compassion in love for our neighbors.

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  2. adequee says:

    …how long i live doesnt matter,it’s how i live my life that count!..

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