COMPASSION

 

WITNESS

6-10-13

COMPASSION

One of the single greatest gifts

That we can possess

Is the gift of Compassion

Compassion is simply the gift

Of having empathy for

Or showing kindness

To another human being

The reason so few of us have it is

It is simply so much easier

To judge another person

And the place that they are in

In their lives

It is much more difficult

To walk in another man or woman’s shoes

Or to go the extra mile

With another human being

But that is-WHO GOD IS

That is-WHO CHRIST WAS

And who Christ is-still today

“The Lord, the Lord

The COMPASSIONATE and gracious God

Slow to anger

Abounding in love and faithfulness

Maintaining love to thousands

And forgiving wickedness, rejection and sin” Exodus 34:6-7

“Jesus called his disciples and said,

“I have COMPASSION for these people

They have already been with me for three days

And have nothing to eat

If I send them home hungry

They will collapse on the way

Because some of them

Have come a long distance” Mark 8:2-3

How easy it is to judge

When we walk by the homeless

Or a beggar on the street

To think:

“I would never do that”

Or

“That could never be me”

What if we gave that person

A $ or two

Shook their hand

And said:

“Have a nice day”

COMPASSION

The time a person

Needs our help

Is exactly the time

When that person feels LEAST LOVABLE

Well it is easy to judge

NOT so easy

To FEEL for another human being

To walk a mile in their shoes

“Let us NOT become weary

Of doing good

For at the proper time

We will reap a harvest

If we do not give up

Therefore as we have opportunity

Let us DO GOOD to all people

Especially to those

Who belong

To the family of believers” Galatians 6:9-10

COMPASSION---not judgment

Because God’s love for us

Christ’s love for us

IS UNCONDITIONAL

And this is his mercy

This is his compassion for us

“I desire mercy-not sacrifice” Matthew 9:13

COMPASSION

Robert P. Wallman

7-31-12

Ps WITNESS 6-10-13

Compassion means to have pity on or show kindness to another human being

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us

And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers”

1 John 3:16

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