Week 6: Luke 10

This week in class we were going through Luke 10 and discussing the parable of the good Samaritan. As is often the case with parables, we decided to put ourselves in the story. The only question was, which role should we put ourselves into? We often hope we are the Samaritan, feel we are the man injured on the wayside, fear we are the Priest, Levite, or even one of the thieves but how often do we envision ourselves as the donkey that the Samaritan helps the injured man onto? It was interesting to think of the Samaritan as Christ and realize that sometimes He puts other people's burdens on our shoulders without much warning and asks us to bear some of their weight. We have the option to be stubborn and try to resist or we can continue on tackling the mountain before us as gracefully as possible. We may stumble occasionally but the Savior is still walking alongside that donkey and ensuring that nothing goes wrong on the journey.