26“What do the Scriptures say?
How do you interpret them?” 27The man answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind’; and ‘Love
your neighbour as you love yourself.’” 28“You are right,” Jesus replied; “do this and you will live.” 29But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked
Jesus, “Who is my neighbour?”
30Jesus answered, “There was once a man who was going down from
Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers attacked him, stripped him, and beat him up,
leaving him half dead. 31It so happened that a priest was going down
that road; but when he saw the man, he walked on by on the other side. 32In the same
way a Levite also came there, went over and looked at the man, and then walked
on by on the other side.
33But a Samaritan who was traveling that way
came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity. 34He went over
to him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them; then he put the
man on his own animal and took him to an inn, where he took care of him. 35The next day
he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of
him,’ he told the innkeeper, ‘and when I come back this way, I will pay you
whatever else you spend on him.’”
36And Jesus concluded, “In your opinion, which one of these three
acted like a neighbour toward the man attacked by the robbers?”
37The teacher of the Law answered, “The one who was kind to him.” Jesus
replied, “You go, then, and do the same.” (Luke
10:26-37 Good News Translation GNT).
A prayer for
empathy
God, our world is
bent and broken. But this didn’t stop you from showing your great love for us
by sending your son to empathise with us in our weakness. Help me to do
likewise. Help me to view everyone I interact with the way you see them. Allow
me to be a part of your solution to the brokenness in this world. Show me how
to partner with you in creating sustainable change. I recognise that in order
to do that, I need to be willing to share in the pain of others. Give me the
courage to do that, and then, help me to take action. Let empathy and
restoration start with me. Amen. (source: https://www.youversion.com/)
Shalom.
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