James Harmer

“It’s all worth reaching for(it’s all worth reaching for) that HAND to pull you OUT”

-Underoath

That’s a pretty good song…  or at least line, the rest of the song is mostly incoherent screaming so most people wouldn’t’t know anyway.  But with as little cliche’ as possible I hereby say that that is one deep line.

Man…. decisions decisions decisions…  that’s life for me right now.  Sounds like fun right?

Since there are so many things I am unsure of right now, and I have written about them more then enough…  I will write about something else.  You know in the Bible(in Luke chapter 10 verse 25), there is a passage where a man is walking, he is beaten badly by some people, robbed and left for dead on the side of the road.  Three people walk by him, the first two are religious people…  one is a priest I believe.  They both see him, and chose to walk on and leave him there…  the third though is not a religious person, and he helps him up, takes him to an inn, tends to his wounds and gives him clothes, food and money.  Then he leaves and tells the inn keeper that what ever other expenses are needed, to just charge him.  People always tell this story to prove points, and it is a good parable to do that with….  I’ve heard a lot of sermons about this story, but I recently noticed something new about it.

The man who stopped and tended to his wounds etc…  basically the one who cared, didn’t know, ask or inquire about why he was beaten and left for dead in the first place.  As far as he knew it could have been his own fault that he was beaten, he could have brought it upon himself, or even done it to himself… and it could be serious, he may have tried to kidnap a child or something and their dad who knows kung-fu was within ear shot and beat him down.  The main thing is, he didn’t care about how or why the person was in need, he just cared about the fact that they were.  The passage says that we should “do likewise”, or basically… do the same thing. 

You know, thinking about that…  it’s important.  Because it affects how we view ourself, and how we respond to people.  Sometimes it’s easier for us to show unconditional mercy to someone else, but we are unconditionally harsh to ourself and constantly come up with reasons why we don’t deserve God’s grace or compassion from people.  Understanding the way God feels about compassion and mercy can stop us from telling Him we don’t deserve it, God tells us to be like the man who asked no questions and simply helped.

Something to check out,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoC1ec-lYps

and the story behind it is amazing,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTtTBEGs6m8