understanding compassion
In my last blog, I began the argument that compassion is not optional. Although, I doubt that many of you would have argued with me on that point, I think we fail to live it out to the extent which we are called. Christians don't have a stellar reputation for loving their neighbor.
You may say that you love your neighbor and likely you do to a degree. But I think we don't truly understand the meaning of compassion. If we did, we would see that we fall well short of the mark. There is much to learn if we want to overwhelm our communities with compassion like the early church.
So, it's not necessarily a lack of desire to follow the command of Jesus, but a lack of understanding the command. I hope to share with you what I am learning about the meaning of compassion. Check back.
1 comment:
I don't think I necessarily lack understanding of the command, but I am overwhelmed by it. I think about the hugeness of it and am paralyzed. The problem of sickness and hunger is so big that I feel like nothing I do will change anything. Now that I am typing this, I realize that I am not commanded to change things in the world, but just to love my neighbor and have compassion. Apparently I do have a misunderstanding of the command.
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