Good Samaritan

I have been pondering the parable of the Good Samaritan lately.  I have been thinking a lot on how at various times in my life different women have walked with me and in many ways these women were the Good Samaritans I needed at the time. I have come to believe that through out our lives we will have many Good Samaritans and many Inns with Inn Keepers. Sometimes the Good Samaritans in our lives get us all the way to the Inn and Inn Keeper and other times the Good Samaritan as much as they want to take us all the way to the inn they are unable too. Sometimes we may feel abandoned in moments of need, in moments of deep hurt by those who have been walking with us. Yet in those moments Jesus is right by our side. Actually he has been by our side the whole time. Every time we are beat up, left for dead in the ditch Jesus is there holding us. Just as Jesus is also right beside those He calls/guides to walk beside us. Those who see our wounds, the deepest cuts, the deepest hurt, those who wrap our gushing wounds and at times hold and carry us have Jesus right there with them.  And when for some reason they are unable to carry a wounded person all the way to the Inn and Inn Keeper they have to trust that Jesus will carry the person the rest of the way.  While some people are a part of our lives for the long haul, not everyone is.  Some are in our lives only for a time.

In all honesty when one feels dropped by someone it hurts.  Being pushed away, being dropped is confusing especially when a person is still very injured and wounded.  This happened to me a few years ago and in all honestly the heart ache of that, hurt deeper than many other hurts I have experienced in my life.  I wanted to lash out, I wanted to cry, and I thought I would never recover from the hurt I was experiencing.  Well I have recovered.  If I could say one thing to my Good Samaritan at the time it would be I want you to know God had me and He had you in all of this.  I cannot fathom how hard it was for you to in may ways lay me down and walk away when you knew my journey was not done.  Yet I understand that you had too.  Jesus carried me to the Inn for this stage of my journey and I am still there healing.  When I am ready I will leave and I am thankful that I get to pick when I am ready. I will always love you.  That will never change.  You were who I needed for that part of my journey.  I know now that you could only journey with me for so long, and where I am now is exactly where I need to be and choose to be.  Our journey together was priceless and valuable beyond measure.