Give Me Your Eyes - Sunday Devotion Time

For me, Sundays have been about Scripture and music. One of the challenges of long-term illness is that I am physically not able to be in a worshipping community on Sunday mornings, particularly when the weather is very hot, or when it is very cold outside and the buildings are very warm. My ability, or lack thereof, to be in worship doesn't change my need for Scripture and worship music.


A new feature that I've been tinkering with for a while on this blog is a Special Sunday Devotion of scripture and music.  Some Sundays I may also have some comments on the Scripture...I am a preacher, after all!  LOL!!


This morning Brandon Heath's song "Give Me Your Eyes" has been playing in my head.  It is a powerful, beautiful song, and it has started me pondering some thoughts for devotions this coming week.


I hope you enjoy the song, as well as the new Special Sunday Devotion time of Scripture and Song~
peace,
Andrea

Defining "Neighbor"

   
   ²⁵Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. "Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?"
   ²⁶He answered, "What's written in God's Law? How do you interpret it?"
   ²⁷He said, "That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself."
   ²⁸"Good answer!" said Jesus. "Do it and you'll live."
   ²⁹Looking for a loophole, he asked, "And just how would you define 'neighbor'?"
   ^{30 -32}Jesus answered by telling a story. "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.
   ^{33 -35}"A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man's condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I'll pay you on my way back.'
   ³⁶"What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?"
   ³⁷"The one who treated him kindly," the religion scholar responded.
   Jesus said, "Go and do the same."
 Luke 10:25-37  The Message