Thursday, Martch 13, 2025
“Help Someone Today”
I’m guessing that today feels like every other day this week. Granted, we are just one more day away from the weekend, but otherwise, most of us are motoring through with little change from yesterday or last week. I’m not suggesting that today will be different, but I am about to make a very big assumption: Someone needs your help today.
Rest easy. I’m not foreseeing that you are about to embark on some huge, complicated task, such as helping someone move into a new home (that’s about the worst “help” I can think of). Instead, I’m suggesting that our focus needs to be on other people today.
Today is National Good Samaritan Day (Luke 10:25-37). Like the story of the Good Samaritan, I suppose that we may encounter a serious situation that mandates an intense, immediate focus. However, it’s more likely that our good deed(s) today are smaller, less obvious tasks.
For instance, if we see our neighbor trying to get their groceries unloaded and into their home, can we help? Could we help a coworker with a project, or could we lift someone’s day by giving them a call? If we encounter someone that we don’t like, can we be nice, courteous, or even helpful to them?
Today’s Challenge for Lent is to find a way to help someone. It can be a big help, a little help, or somewhere in between. But it’s my guess that we will encounter multiple opportunities to show someone else that they matter. Don’t overlook it. Helping someone else feel noticed, important, and special is a really, really big deal.
Lent is about doing something for God. Let’s love God by loving others today: give some help!
“So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.” (Galatians 6:10, NET)
