POWER TEMPERED WITH KINDNESS AND COMPASSION

POWER TEMPERED WITH KINDNESS AND COMPASSION


OUR God is a God
Which is ALL POWERFUL-
But what is MORE-
He is a KIND-compassionate-
And MERCIFUL God


O God-O LORD-
How THANKFUL we are


“But though
You are MASTER of night


You JUDGE with CLEMENCY
And with much lenience
You GOVERN US” Wisdom 12:18


The word POWER comes
With many negative connotations
ESPECIALLY in our political times


But NOT so with OUR GOD=
A KIND and COMPASSIONATE God


In today's times
MANY people loaded with power
LORD it over others


But today's readings
Celebrate POWER as a KIND thing-
ESPECIALLY
THE POWER OF GOD


POWER TEMPERED with kindness and compassion


Our God is the most
POWERFUL BEING in the universe


Yet God is lenient
Yet our God judges us
With “clemency”and
The Spirit of God
“COMES at the end
Of our weakness” Romans 8:26


He is a POWERFUL yet KIND
And COMPASSIONATE GOD


“Anxiety weighs down
The heart
But a KIND WORD
Cheers it up” Proverbs 12:25


“Love is patient-
LOVE IS KIND-
…...........” 1 Corinthians 13:4


“And the Lord's servant
Must not be quarrelsome


But must be KIND
To EVERYONE
ABLE to teach-
NOT RESENTFUL” 2 Timothy 2:24


We ALL possess
SOME kind of power
In this world


MAYBE over a spouse-
children-grandchildren-friends-
coworkers=or even strangers


HOW do we USE that power?
For good?
And do we TEMPER our power
With kindness and compassion?


Like the GOOD LORD HIMSELF


“As a father
Has compassion-
OVER his children


So the Lord
Has COMPASSION
On those who fear him” Psalm 103:13


“WHEN he saw the crowd
He had COMPASSION on them


Because they were harassed
And HELPLESS-
Like sheep-
Without a shepherd” Matthew 9:36


My FRIENDS=someday you WILL
Have POWER over someone
In this world


Wield it WISELY


MOST importantly temper it
WITH KINDNESS AND COMPASSION-
Like the GOOD LORD himself


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
7-22-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.