“But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. So let my lord…
Tag: compassion
We are almost all carrying a heavy load and searching for a safe place to set it down for a few minutes of relief.
A personal log of loss and pain can either soften us toward our travel companions or callous our hearts.
Despite rejection and disdain, Jesus still operated with the utmost compassion.
Pause with me for a moment and revel in the reality of the God of heaven slowing down to sit with us in our sorrow. Note, He is not inexperienced with suffering: Jesus has walked on earth in flesh and subjected the Godhead to the excruciation of temptation, the trauma of sin and even death. God is not too far-off to understand or too insulated to empathize.
In this impromptu picnic, we can make some interesting observations about presence and provision.
Sometimes the thing that Jesus asks us to do is the hardest thing we ca do.
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you: therefore He will rise up to show you compassion.” (Isiah 30:19 NIV) One of my all-time favorite movies is Father of the Bride. If I’ve seen it once, I’ve probably seen it thirty times. The movie…