Hey thanks to everyone that read or responded, its been a great blessing.
so i read the passage about the good samaratan and it really reminded me of alot of things. The people who passed by the guy who was beat were priests and people who were probably headed towards church ( from what i learned from a retreat. ) This is significant because these people are supposidly “holy” compared to a mere ” samaratan ” I remember when i first read this seriously i thought the passage was speaking to me about going out and helping those in need. I went out to do street ministry a little after i saw this passage but that QUICKLY became the past. I stopped because of fear and probably lack of knowledge. I tried to be a more christian influence to my friends by not cussing or doing bad things but my anger would come out very easily on the courts ( basketball courts =) ) I tried many times to put what i learned from this passge to use but i feel like i always messed up somehow. God is calling us to be not only missionaries everywhere we are but to be that lit city on the hill. I want to be the physical example of jesus christ to my friends in this world, but i always give into my anger or my lazyness. I realized that i always complained about sunday christians when i was one myself. I said i believed in Christ with my Christian friends but when i was out in the world i became someone totally different. I was wondering how are you guys examples of christ to your friends and how do you minister to those who dont know about Christ. Like how did god move you to minister to people DAILY and how did you keep with it.
I was invited to go to a friends retreat and i was reluctant at first because i dont know that many people at this church. I said maybe and was ready to say no when i read this passage. What will i do when god presents a guy who needs my help and im unable to.I feel like this retreat would really help equip me for these situations and hopefully i can learn to be a better example of Jesus Christ.
