The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl
Today’s Reading – Lamentations 1 – 3:36
Got compassion?
Look what happened to Judah in Lam 1:1-2…
“How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.”
Got compassion? Jerusalem was getting what she deserved for following after strange gods. Does that give us a cause to kick her when she’s down, and become her enemies? What about our brothers and sisters in the Lord, and for that matter the unsaved too. Do we know what they are going through? I don’t want to make you paranoid, but has anybody said something to you degrading someone else? Chances are they say things about you when you’re not around. God hates this. God knows how to deal with His children. If we take joy in their chastisement, God may take away the very thing that would turn them back to the Lord. If someone has wronged us, we need to show compassion: the compassion of Stephen, “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.” Or Jesus, “Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do.”
Got compassion? In these troubled times, people are under a lot of extra stress. Wen someone wrongs us we need to be more forgiving. When someone is going through the fire, we need to be more understanding and edifying. Read Psalm 22: it paints a good picture of what Jesus did on the cross for us: because He had compassion on us. Maybe we should be more like Jesus.
Got compassion?
Posted in Devotions by Phil Erickson with 1 comment.
People are drawn and compelled by compassion and mercy, juxtaposedely they are repelled by little old judges, talebearing and sarcastic sinics. We often find the latter to be entertaining, it is hard to resist sticking a proverbial needle in someones eye, but the result is what you would expect. The next time you have a zinger keep it to yourself, write it in a notebook if you want, and instead offer a comforting comment, I know thats not normal, but we’re supposed to be supernatural right?