WHO'S YOUR SAMARITAN?

Jesus replied with a story, "A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho.....Then a despised Samaritan came along."  -Luke 10:30, 33

     I've been hearing a lot about Samaritans lately.  You know the story - couple guys pass, then the one guy you least expect, the one who is most different from the injured person - he helps!  
     It's really forced me to ask how I help those who are most different from me.  And maybe even more importantly, how often do I even stop?
     Really, how often do I even hang out with  people of a different race?  How often do I hold a conversation with those who English is not their first language?  How often do I  listen to someone I know does not share the same beliefs or attitudes as I do?
     I was challenged this week by Jesus's commission to go into all the world. All the world pretty much means all different kind of people.  It pretty much means getting out of your comfort zone.  It pretty much means you've got to help your Samaritans.

TIM TEBOW DOES IT AGAIN!

Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth - a stranger, not your own lips.- Proverbs 27:2

     Everything Tim Tebow does is gold!  I guess when he was young, his parents put in a rule.  They could only talk about themselves if asked.  So, no bragging about something they did on the football field, no boring people with what they ate for dinner (there goes Facebook!), no responding to a story with a story of their own.
     I want to be Tim Tebow!  Don't talk about yourself unless someone else asks.  That would be fun wouldn't it?  
     You'd have to think about questions to ask other people, comments from things that they've said, and maybe it would even force you to really listen to what they say.
     This is something you don't find in the world too often - Facebook really has become a symbol for Americanism.  Talk about yourself - even if no one else wants to listen.  Hmmm, I think we may be on to something here.