When Broken on the Road to Jericho
The problem with a man who falls among thieves on the Road to Jericho is that he can lose himself and forget who he is. Remember the one who was bound up and carried on someone else’s beast. He was laid in a bed and his wounds were washed and wrapped. His rent was paid and he was left in the care of the innkeeper while the Good Samaritan went on his way. The Good Samaritan had other business to tend to, after all. He hadn’t gone out that morning in search of a broken and beaten man on the Road to Jericho. He had been on the way to fulfill his own errand. Perhaps he had been on his way to market. He might have been on his way to see about his lands and cattle. Perhaps he had been on his way to a feast with friends. Whatever it was that took that Samaritan on down the road that day, he stopped and cared for a wounded man that had been left for dead by both a Priest and a Levite (after having already been robbed and beaten). Who could blame him for continuing on his way to live his lif...