The Other Side of the Road

Most of us don’t struggle to come up with reasons not to help someone—we struggle because our reasons sound so reasonable. We’re busy. We’re tired. Someone else will step in. Jesus told one of His most famous stories to expose something deeper than our actions: the excuses we use to justify them. What if loving your neighbor isn’t nearly as complicated as we’ve made it… and what if the biggest obstacle isn’t a lack of opportunity, but the filters we use to avoid it?