I was reading an article about the future and alteration of some well know drugs. It seems that 500 mg’s of Tylenol is too much. Plus the future of Percocet and a couple others may be in doubt due to their combination of narcotics and acetaminophen. While I have taken both, I am really not concerned with what the FDA does with them.

This did get me to do some research about medical treatments over the past several thousand years. Medical treatments have varied over the years and were extremely diverse in every region. For instance, for the Hebrews, they had no surgical practice aside from circumcision (and that was purely religious) while at the same time the Egyptians were learning how the heart functions and experimenting with drugs and other medicinal applications.

I was reading the story of the Good Samaritan and loved reading about a man who was hated by the Jews turning the situation around and showing kindness when even the people of the the injured wouldn’t even offer assistance. This story shows that even among hated people, love can break through and win.

Luke, who by the way was a physician, records that the Samaritan soothed the injured man with medicine and bandaged his wounds. He then put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn, and paid for his keep. Wow! Does this man know how to love. This man bent over backwards for someone he had never met and was supposed to hate.

This reminds me of what Jesus did. The Bible says that while we were yet in sin, He died for us. And don’t forget that He was slain even before the foundations of the earth. While we were known by God before we were formed in the womb and God in his all-knowing wisdom still chose to love us even though He knew we would crucify His gift of love, He still did it without hesitation.

The Samaritan used medical treatments of the day and then used the timeless act of love. Medical treatments are sometimes necessary. However, love is always appropriate. If you must take medicine and it’s medically appropriate, then go ahead, but remember to love at all times.