On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
~Luke 10:25-37
The story of The Good Samaritan was our story for the evening on Wednesday.
Jeff was wanting to stress being helpful (which stems from having mercy on others or is that a stretch?) to the kids. There has been some umm... lack of helpfulness towards each other among the ranks lately.
Our game.
The task was to bind up the leg wound of Cat in the Hat
To accomplish that we needed to be helpful.
How?
(so clever I might add) The kids were to divide into teams of two, blindfold one team member while the other team member with words only directed the blindfolded youth to the bandages, and then to Cat in the Hat to bind up his wound.
Working on a word search.
A FUN snack!!!
Some mysterious person(s) dropped this off along with some other goodies on our door step this week. It made for an awesome snack!!
Thank you secret someone!!!
Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy
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