Forgetting the words of the law
the responsibility we share
walking as our brother’s keeper
since the time of the beginning
in the law the scribe remembered
speaking to our Lord
The requirement, in the breach
that we love our neighbors
as much as we love ourselves
This should have been enough
for the priest, and then the Levite
walking on the other side
when their neighbor was in need
crying out in pain
lying in the road
Because he was unclean
covered in blood
their work too important
to stop and touch this life
But this is the strictures
the stumbling blocks of man
why Christ had to come
to set the scale right again
The spirit of the law
at its heart, of God
love forevermore
should ever be our call
to stop our former course
to turn to our fellow man
to reach down to where they lay
to offer God’s loving hand
July 8, 2010
Luke 10:29-37
Luke 10:25-28
Luke 10:25-37
The Good Samaritan
&
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-july-5-11/
for July 5, 2010 to July 11, 2010
by Nancy Ferguson (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for July 7, 2010
July 7, 2010
&
Luke 10:25-28
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-july-5-11/
for July 5, 2010 to July 11, 2010
by Nancy Ferguson (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for July 5, 2010
read July 6, 2010, reread July 7, 2010
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
Because He was Unclean
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