Have you had your JOY JUICE today? Let’s treat someone who really needs a special serving.
We’ve been concentrating this week on the blessings of God in our lives. We’ve called them JOY treats. Today let’s think about how to share a treat with someone else. Can you think of a person who is having a tough time emotionally, financially or physically? Ask God to show you how you can bring a ray of hope and joy into their life.
· A brief word of encouragement might be just the treat they need.
· They may be in need of help with a project around the house.
· Sometimes a casserole or a pie is the perfect treat…in more ways than one.
· A grieving person may simply need the comfort of your company…a silent treat.
What about helping a stranger?
Remember the story of the Good Samaritan? The priest and the Levite were religious leaders. You would expect them to help the man who had been attacked and left bleeding on the side of road, but they went out of their way to avoid him! But not the Samaritan…why is this so significant?
The Jews and Samaritans had been enemies for hundreds of years. The Jews of Jesus' society considered the Samaritans to be ceremonially unclean, socially outcast, religious heretics. Yet, the Samaritan in Jesus’ parable took pity on the poor man who had been robbed and beaten. He gave freely of both his time and his money to help this Jewish man who was not only a stranger, but also an enemy from a foreign country. Jesus challenges us to "Go and do the same."
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