“It’s as easy as…”
LIFE
“you fall off –
get right back on”
bruised and bloodied
stumbling off the road
scraping out the rocks
“Just get up” a person calls
I think I’ll just sit in the dirt
another person rolls her eyes
increasing her pace
“take the bike I won’t be needing it” I holler
I feel gentle arms around me
“let me clean that” a kind whisper
“we will get you home”
the man puts me on his bike
his wife rides my battered one
I’m awakened to fluffy white pillows
I don’t know how long it takes to heal
there it was painted and straight
“I think I’m ready to try “
I wave at the kind couple
their hands are full so they smile
there will always be battered people
to pick up on the side of the road
The original story of the Good Samaritan dealt with religious/ cultural bias and religiosity. The Good Samaritan(entire parable Luke 10:25-37) did not deal with the social issues surrounding that man’s life. His concern was for the well being of the nameless man. How easy is it for us to have all the answers to another person’s struggles? It’s easy to judge when we are upright. What about when we are on the ground battered/ in pain? Jesus extends grace and love to everyone no matter what pit they find themselves in.
I am grateful to people like the non-fictional couple who picked me up in a time of distress and loved me back to health. Why not have a heart that picks people up out of life’s ditches?
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 51:1
“So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?” And he said,
“He who showed mercy on him.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Luke 10:36&37
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God
of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble
with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
penned in moon dust 