Have you ever wished you hadn’t come to church, yet at the same time glad you did? That’s how I felt this weekend. Jim did a great job delivering the truth of one of Jesus’ most famous stories found in Luke 10:25-37. Just like Jim’s been saying sometimes truth hurts and my first reaction is to run away from the light of it. My mind and heart went to several places as he was teaching. Relationships where I’ve given up, people I’ve written off and those I just don’t want to be around anymore. My mind also went to last week. Last week I was teaching down in Denver for Campus Crusade’s annual Christmas Conference. Just before my last session on New Year’s Day my wife and I were walking back to the hotel from the 16th street mall after seeing a movie. I was in a hurry to gather my notes, eat some food and prepare my mind to teach. As we were crossing the street to our hotel a young man approached and asked if we could help him and his girlfriend who were hitching rides across country trying to get to Cincinnati. I honestly didn’t have any cash on me, as usual and I referred him to the Denver Rescue Mission. He responded by saying they had tried that but it was all full for the night. I simply said “sorry” and kept walking. As I processed that encounter I resonate with the expert in the law who it says “wanted to justify himself”. I came up with many reasons why I thought he wasn’t telling the truth, or why he should be doing something other than begging. The truth is I simply didn’t want to help, and didn’t feel like I had the time. After all I had to go teach thousands of college students about Jesus. Where’s your line? I found mine.

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