Matt worked at the front desk of the Y yesterday and while he was there, a man came in and said someone had fallen in the parking lot. Note: this man did not bother to stop and help the fallen man. He went inside the Y to report it.
Matt went running out and sure enough, there was an older man down. Only the story gets better. The only person trying to help him get up was James, also an older man who is in a wheelchair. And James couldn't do it. Matt did. When he did, the ex-marine used extremely colorful language to tell Matt all about the number of people who had walked by. But only James offered help, until Matt came.
And that, my friends, is what I find utterly appalling . . . It reminds me of a story Jesus shared. We know it as the good Samaritan.
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