The Good Samaritan

Yesterday was the end of the Recovery Series.  This week, I'm going Round #2 with my second M.Ed class here at EMU.  The class I'm taking is called, "Teaching Diverse Learners."  It's a great class and probably one of the best professors I've had here at EMU.  We are learning right now about immigration and how it impacts teaching styles.

Last night after church, Katie and I came home to take a nap and I wasn't down for 5 minutes for my nap when the doorbell rang.  It was a homeless couple that Katie and I have helped and brought to church on occasion, and they needed a ride.  So, I got up gave them a ride and came back home.  I slept for a little bit and then got up and Katie and I went to WalMart.

I just found out here in class that the United States is the 5th largest Hispanic country in the world!  Crazy. 

Anyway.  On the way to WalMart we passed this guy walking in the rain.  I said to Kate and Maria, "Ah, that poor guy - he's soaked!"  Katie said, "Well, turn around and ask him if he needs a ride!"  I hesitated, I've never picked up a stranger on the street before.  Katie said, "You preached today on the Good Samaritan, how can you not pick him up?"  I went and did a "U" in the road drove up beside him and rolled down my window in the pouring down rain and shouted, "You need a ride?"  He said ecstatically, "YEAH!  My car just broke down."  So we gave him a ride to his friend's house in the city.

On our way to WalMart I thought to myself, "I'm so glad my wife challenges me the way she does."  And, I also thought, "It cost me 5 minutes of my time and about $.50 in fuel."  That's a small price to pay to obey God and become closer to Christ.  How could you be a good Samaritan today?