Daily Lesson for October 23, 2014

Today's daily lesson is from Luke chapter 10 verses 33 and 37:

30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion . . . Now go and do likewise.”

Did you see the story this past summer about the guy who was beaten over by the mall? 

After getting off the late shift, he was walking towards the bus stop when three youth jumped him and took all his money. When the man came too it was pitch dark and no more busses were running. He crawled beneath a tree in hopes that somebody might look over when their cars stopped at the red light.  

The next morning a few people did see beneath the tree, but he looked like a homeless drunk or addict. When it came out in the paper a couple from our church told me they had seen him, but didn't know what to do.  They said they thought, "Maybe he just slept there or something." One person stopped and got out of his car to check on the man.  When he saw the man's condition he called 9-11 which probably saved the man's life because he was bleeding internally from one of the punches he suffered. 

The paper did a follow-up feature on the man who stopped and got out of his car. His name is Muhammed Abbud. He is originally from Syria, but came to the United States to study engineering at Texas A & M. The article called him a "a modern-day, Muslim Good Samaritan."

An Aggie Muslim Good Samaritan. Think about that. 

Now go and do likewise.*


*Some may ask if this story really happened. To which I respond, I am sure it happens every day.