Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

The parable of the Good Samaritan is probably one of the best-known stories Jesus told.  As we make our faith journey through life, this story provides a scriptural GPS, routing us in the only direction God desires for us – the way of love and compassion for all others.   Have you ever met people who become so focused on the law that, for them, the law is ultimate?  When focus on the law – the ten commandments – becomes ultimate, the law is no longer received as gift, and then obedience to the law becomes behavioral proof of faith.  When this happens, the gospel message is no longer a word of love but one of judgement.  When law becomes our focus, then our actions must be justified by our understanding of and obedience to the law as humanly defined.  Far too often, this perspective allows us to live with the illusion that we are in control.  And, it reinforces the idea that a life of discipleship is a life marked by knowing good from evil, rather than a life of knowing God and God’s mercy and grace.  The lawy