"Like in the parable of the Good Samaritan...who is the guy who lies in the street?  Right now, it's a refugee" maintains Jorg Dechert, CEO of ERF (TWR's national partner in Germany).  So, let's quickly review that parable.  When a lawyer asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"  Jesus responded by saying...

"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.  Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.  So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.  But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.  He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine.  Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.  And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay you when I come back.  Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?"  He said, "The one who showed him mercy."  And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."  (Luke 10:30-37, ESV)

In today's Footsteps, Jorg talks about ministering to the refugees in Europe through "deed and word."  While we are not told what words were spoken by the Good Samaritan, we certainly know his deeds.  May we "go, and do likewise."

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(Photo of Jorg Dechert, CEO of ERF in Germany)