“Room in the Inn,” For the Strength of Youth, May 2021.
Saturday Morning Session
Room in the Inn
Excerpts
In this Easter season, Jesus Christ invites us to become, like Him, a good Samaritan, to make His Inn (His Church) a refuge for all from life’s bruises and storms. …
As we come with the Good Samaritan to the Inn, we learn five things about Jesus Christ and ourselves.
First, we come to the Inn as we are, with the foibles and imperfections we each have. Yet we all have something needed to contribute. Our journey to God is often found together. …
Second, He entreats us to make His Inn a place of grace and space, where each can gather, with room for all. As disciples of Jesus Christ, all are equal, with no second-class groups. …
Third, in His Inn, we learn perfection is in Jesus Christ, not in the perfectionism of the world. … He invites each of us to be a good Samaritan, less judgmental and more forgiving of ourselves and of each other. …
Fourth, … He brings us to His Inn and also to His house—the holy temple … where … the Good Samaritan can cleanse and clothe us, prepare us to return to God’s presence, and unite us eternally in God’s family. …
Finally, fifth, we rejoice that God loves His children in our different backgrounds and circumstances, in every nation, kindred, and tongue, with room for all in His Inn. …
Our Good Samaritan promises to return. Miracles occur when we care for each other as He would.