The Good Samaritan

Today at Church we had a guest speaker who was apart of a group called Team Impact. It is a group 15 Body Builders and Athletes that go around the world to put on a show to show their strengths and talents. In their show they bend Rod Iron poles, Putting Nails though Frying pans, Breaking bricks, ect. But also in their show they take time to share their testimony of God and the Power that He has to change any life. Shonn Keels Spoke at chruch to incourage us to bring others to the show tonight. While he spoke he shared one of my favorite Pariable ,the Good Samaritan.


The Basic starts with a Lawyer asking the Lord Jesus Christ how he could gain Eternal life in Heaven. (Luke 10:25)
Jesus answered him with a question... What do the Scriptures say? (Luke 10:26)
The Lawyer answered , Thou shalt love the Lord the God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thy self. (Luke 10:17)
The Lawyer then ask Christ who he should consider his neighbor? (Luke 10:29)
Now this question of “Who is my neighbor” was very important back then. The Jews taught that only fellow Jews were Neighbors. The Followers of Christ were not all Jews. SO to Answer the Lawyers question the Lord teaches him though the parable of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-35)


Verse 30
Tells about a Man on the road from Jericho who was Robbed, Beaten, striped of his clothing and left half dead.
HISTORY: The road that the man was traveling on was notoriously dangerous, Very Narrow, Very Rocky and had sudden turns with places for others to hide out. The road was called “The Red” or “Bloody Way”. People were often robbed and beaten on that road. One would had to have been foolish to travel that road on foot or alone.


Verse 31
A Priest came upon the half dead man on the road. When the Priest saw him laying on the side of the road he went to the opposite side of the road and Passed him by with out stopping.
HISTORY: A Priest takes a Vow of Purity and a Vow that does not allow him to Touch the Dead. If he would have stopped to help him he would have had to go back to his temple to undergo a 7 day ceremony to again purify himself. The priest moved to the other side of the road. To get as far away from the half dead man as he could so he could remain pure


Verse 32
A Levite came upon the half dead man on the road. He did stop to look at the man but did not touch the man and moved to the opposite side of the road and passed.
HISTORY: It was well know that one would have to be careful on that road. Because there were many turns in the road and many places for others to hide. Robbers would lay and pretend to be hurt to lure others over to help them and others would jump out and ambush them. A Levite was know for their “Safety first”


Verse 33
A Samaritan came upon the half dead man on the road. When the Samarian saw the half dead man, he had compassion on him.
HISTORY: Samaritans were hated by Jews and considered unclean people. Jews would even pray for the Samaritans to go to Hell so they would not have to spend eternal life with them in Heaven. At this time Samaritans were hated so much that if it were him on the side of the road he would probably be the least likely to receive help from anyone. To be a Samaritan you could have been born a Samaritan or one could been just a person that was a heretic and “breaker of the Ceremonial Law” Jesus in fact was called a Samaritan in John 8:48.


Verse 34
The Samaritan Bound up the Man Wounds and put him on the animal that he was riding and Took him to a Inn. The rest of that night he care for him.
HISTORY: If you were traveling in a group on this road the most dangerous place to be was on the ground walking. Most people would have tended the wounds and left the rest up to God to heal. They more than likely would not have taken the man with them to care for.


Verse 35
In the Mourning the Samaritan gave the Inn keeper Two Pence to keep the man and care for him. And Told the man he would return and if more money was needed for the care of the man that he would pay him.
HISTORY: Two Pence would have been enough for 22 days of care for the man. If the Samaritan had not done this the Man could have been sold into Slavery for his debt. The Samaritan more than likely not only saved this man from death but from a life of Slavery.


After Christ told this story he asked the lawyer who he thought had been a good neighbor. (Luke 10:36)
And the Lawyer answered the one that showed mercy. And Christ said to do likewise (Luke10:37)


I love this story because we all go down roads that we know are dangerous. We can get hurt or spiritually be Half Dead. And even though it was though our Carelessness and not heeding wise counsel we end up on the side of the road hurt. And we need someone’s help.
And sometime we are the person that could help. But as the Priest did we put the Ceremonial law before a soul or child of God. Maybe if we help them it would be put us out and off our schedule, like the Priest.


Sometimes we are like the Levite. We are scared to get hurt it we do help. Maybe we are scared that helping the person is too much and against our first instincts to protect ourselves first.
And sometimes we are the Samaritan. One that even though the person needed the help would never help you... They may even hate you and pray for your demise. You help anyway... You not only help but you go above and beyond what others may consider normal duty. And you walk away with out any praise from the person you helped.


There are so many lessons in these small 5 verses that it may take me a life time to learn them and practice them perfectly. But I pray that I will one day be that perfect Samaritan.

Remembering a Friend

Tammy and Me

The Family that invited Randy and Tammy

Tammy and Randy

Tammy and Randy had a some friends that had a family member pass away. The Family invited Tammy and Randy to celebrate the Family members life. They all met up at his favorite hang out and told stories of his life and all the fun times they had with him. Tammy and Randy invited me along and it was great to hear the stories about a fun man who loved his family and enjoyed life.

Pro Life Stand

Today I was asked by Pat (my Sister's Mother in Law) to go with her to stand for Pro Life options. I had never done something like this. It was different but fun... It was great to see how many others came out. Not in a negative way, like standing outside an abortion clinic yelling at the ladies going in... but in a positive way where you just stand up for what you believe.

My Friends MJ and Joan Randy and Tammy Joan's Grandson and MeMe and Tammy Tammy, Me, And Joan

Went to the Italian Fest in Collinsville, IL with Friends and Family... It was a great event... They had Bands, Booths, Rides, Fun Fun Fun

Count Down

Tomorrow I will be on a plane to visit family and See my wonderful Mom and Dad.

Its like when I was a kid and I knew tomorrow we were going to Disneyland and I could not sleep I was so excited... :)

1st Day

Today was the 1st day to see Robert since the Break up. It went well I think... His Mom Called and said she would love for me to come over and help her. On the way over she told me Robert was going to be there. I came and helped and tried to stay out of his way. Not that he would care but still i felt like I was crossing so kind of boundry by being there.

Everyone else was on a Float trip.

Got up today and went and help somemore at Pat's house. We still did nto get everything done before I had to leave for work... I told her I would call after I got all work at 5pm to see if she needed more help.



I called after work and she still needed help... So I went over and she have Tammy over. She was trying to set up Wireless internet for Joey though Pat's house. I guess it did not give a strong signal so she hooked it up just for Robert.



I picked up Pat's husbands Medication and then went home... Pat wanted me to stay and meet her family but I thought it was werid due to her trying to set me up with Robert's Cousin... Crazy!

Trainer of the YEAR Award

Today was such a busy day... I worked at Ulta from 6am to 9:45 and then JC Pennys from 10am to 2pm. And then Picker up Heather from school at 2:30. Today Ralph won Trainer of the year for the 10th year in a row.



It was also the last day of races at Fairmont Park for the year.

Robert Texted me to tell me he signed me in so I could get in though the back if I wanted to go...



But Heather did not want to go to the Track. She has found a new friend down the street from us.



I did go over to Pat's house to help fix some things up. She has family coming into town and needed help to clean her house up. We did not get everything done so I told her I would stop by tomorrow to help finsh stuff up before I go to work tommorrow.

Home alone...

Tammy and Heather left early today to go see a Balloon Fest... So I was home all by my self for the weekend.

Randy and I went to Lunch before he headed out to join them. I think they think im going to fall to pieces. But I am Woman hear me roar .. he he

I Cant Believe how things change

It is crazy how things change. In March 2010 I was having the time of my life with my Friends and Family in Arizona. Here it is Aug 2010 and I am no longer in Arizona but now in Illinois. My Dad has been in the hospital for about 2 month. he finally came home but the doctors say they don't know how much longer he will last. I thought the move to Illinois would be good for me and maybe it is but it does not feel like it right now. I felt like at the time that I was supposed to be here but now I don't know. I miss all my friends and family and want to go home.

Why cant life just be simple :(

I have made some great friends out here though. I cant complain about that. I have gotten to do some really fun things here. I know I have not been updating this blog in a while but I will try and start up again. I will go back and write about all the fun stuff I have already done here.

A good thing is that I am going home for a visit in about 2 weeks... I really cant wait. :)

Werid Day

Today was great at first... I worked at Mcbride homes and then came home to clean up and see what everyone was doing... Robert came over and was having a really bad day... but he needed to "talk"



That's right! he broke things off... Due to "nothing I did" but the Age difference and the fact that Tammy (his sister in law) was my sister... it was just too werid for him.

Robert's Birthday :)

Today was Roberts Birthday. I got off work at 12pm and ran and set up his birthday gift... I got him a hammock... I heard him once say that he always wanted one and went he gets his own place it would have to have one. After I got done setting it up I went over to the track and brought him and his parents Ice cream (it was a really hot day). I hung out there with him until the races were over. Then I asked his mom if she was doing anything for him. She said that she was having the family over for dinner... I told her I would pick up the cake. Robert did not want a cake or anything. But I told him that he had to have cake if the little kids were coming over.

While picking up the cake I got a text from Robert saying thank you for the gift and that I was too good to him... funny guy.

The party went well I thought... The kids and Robert played Soccer.

Radar Man

Today Randy's Horse Radar Man won! We were all really excited!

Randy's had a race at Fairmont and everyone came out for it... Too bad he did not win :(

Championship Sofeball

Today we went and watched Randy's Softball team play 4 games in a row. They won all 4 and won the chamionship. Who would have thought it.