No one gets through life unscathed. Like the traveler in the Lord’s Parable of the Good Samaritan, each of us will be roughed up at one point or another—or perhaps at multiple points.
When life gets you down, what’s the answer? What can really make things better?
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One Sunday last year, I was sitting in a class when the teacher asked why we might hold back when it comes to the Savior—if He knocks at the door, why might we not fully welcome him into our lives?
For me, the answer was along these lines: My reluctance would probably come from a fear that Jesus would come in and immediately tell me all the things I need to change about my house.
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My favorite quote from a Disney animated film has to be “Who’s driving this flying umbrella?” If you can’t place it, this one is from Robin Hood, asked by Little John when he gets swept up by a bunch of rhinoceros guards who ran into a pavilion at the archery tournament and kept charging. I like to ask it when a work meeting’s start time has passed and the meeting organizer isn’t yet present.
I’m not a movie or TV fanatic. I’m even less a fan of the trend in those media of the dark and “gritty.” So to be honest, it was with some discomfort that I wrote the Parable of the Prisoner and the Benefactor.
It probably doesn’t come as a surprise to people that life is often compared to a journey. It has a beginning and an ending, and we don’t finish where we started. Particularly when it comes to our spiritual progress.
The Parable of the Shopkeeper’s Bargain is one such comparison.
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The Weekly Parable 