People leaving Yemen

Neighbor

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’ Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?” He said, “He who showed mercy on him.”

Luke 10:29–37 · World English Bible

The expert wanted a boundary. Jesus gave him a Samaritan — the wrong person, stopping on a dangerous road, spending money. Neighbor is not a tribe you already love. It is the one who bleeds in front of you.

Who have you decided is not your neighbor, and what did that decision buy you?

Neighbor

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2 · World English Bible

Burdens are not ideas. Someone is carrying children, water, and a border. The law of Christ, here, is not an opinion about Yemen. It is whether you will pick up even a corner of a real weight.

What concrete weight — money, room, attention, a phone call — are you able to lift this week?