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

That great theologian, Meredith Grey, a fictional character on the hit television show, Grey’s Anatomy, said in one episode, “At some point, you have to make a decision.  Boundaries don’t keep other people out.  They fence you in.  Life is messy.  That’s how we’re made.  So, you can waste your lives drawing lines and building walls.  Or, you can live your life crossing them.”  I think there is some truth to what the character of Meredith said.  And, while I believe some boundaries are necessary, very needed, and extremely healthy, I also believe far too often we impose boundaries that not only fence us in, but keep others out.  When we meet up with Jesus today he is continuing his journey to Jerusalem, his journey toward the cross.  As Jesus and his disciples continue that cross bound journey, they move into a border area, the boundary between Samaria and Galilee, a scary and uncomfortable place.  It was a boundary the Jewish people did not like to cross because it took you into the place where those hated an