![]() ![]() In contrast, our Savior, Jesus Christ, knows everything about us we don’t want anyone else to know, and He still loves us. ![]() Unreal and unrealistic, the world’s “insta-perfect” filtered perfectionism can make us feel inadequate, captive to swipes, likes, or double taps. ![]() Third, in His Inn we learn perfection is in Jesus Christ, not in the perfectionism of the world. As disciples of Jesus Christ, all are equal, with no second-class groups. Second, He entreats us to make His Inn a place of grace and space, where each can gather, with room for all. In His Inn, we find and deepen our personal relationship with God, our Father, and Jesus Christ. In Him, we discover abiding faith, liberating selflessness, caring change, and trust in God. In Him, we find cause to do good, reason to be good, and increasing capacity to become better. ‘The least of these’ is each of us.Īs we come with the Good Samaritan to the Inn, we learn five things about Jesus Christ and ourselves.įirst, we come to the Inn as we are, with the foibles and imperfections we each have. We prepare for His promised Second Coming as each day we do unto ‘the least of these’ as we would unto Him. Jesus Christ invites us to become, like Him, a good Samaritan, to make His Inn (His Church) a refuge for all from life’s bruises and storms. “The Good Samaritan promises to return, this time in majesty and glory. At the Inn, the Good Samaritan says, ‘Take care of him … when I come again, I will repay thee.’ He brings us to the inn, which can represent His Church. The Good Samaritan puts us on His own donkey or, in some stained-glass accounts, carries us on His shoulders. Symbols of the sacrament and other ordinances, the wine and oil point us to the spiritual healing in Jesus Christ. However, with compassion, the Good Samaritan (can be a symbol of our Savior) stops and binds our wounds with wine and oil. Though we should help each other, too often we pass to the other side of the road, for whatever reason. “On our dusty roads to Jericho, we are beset upon, wounded, and left in pain. ![]()
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