Tag: compassion

An Urgent Answer

The Healer was watched closely for his conduct, his purity and his faith. Could the Healer really be accused of wrongdoing — for healing someone who was near death?

There was an expectation that he would act only on certain days. But the day came when the religious people least expected it.

He saw a man with dropsy, a condition that shows swelling of the body, oedema and infection.

The Healer asked – is it wrong to heal today? He asked not as to wait for their approval but to show His Way. 

While they were quiet, He took the sick man, healed him and sent him away. He never let the sick man wait. He made him well immediately. He did not put him in a situation of being judged and questioned by anyone who knows the law too well. 

He turned to the displeased mob of learned religious people and said – which of you here, having a son or a farm animal that has fallen into a well on such a day as today, will not  immediately pull him out?

They could not reply to the Healer. He surely knew that they would bend the law and try their best to pull the animal or the child out of the well without seeking the obligations of sabbath rules. 

He cares more for the man of suffering. He cares less about people who question his right to heal. Can the healed man be condemned for his healed body? 

That day, the Healer pulled him out of the well of darkness, sickness, fear of death and death itself.

Jesus the Healer is more gracious than the ones who keep the rules and laws. He is 100% for life, healing and abundance of life.

When you meet the Healer, there is an answer. You will see His compassion for you.

– Taken from Luke 14:1-6

Living just by seeking

A young lady in her 20s embarked on a unique journey. She certainly started with her best foot forward. Her deep seated thoughts of her upcoming changes of her life seemed visionary. Little did she know what was coming up. One day at a time, the rudder of her boat moved her to disembark to a new journey. Her strong tower of dreams and refuge of illusions were shaken. In addition to that, her possessions were taken away from her. Anyone would possibly take on another path but she did not waver.

There was someone she knew that by seeking him, she would live. Just not live, but life and hope would be added to her. Whenever she came to meet him, he empathized for her and would meet her needs, whatever it may be. She just wanted someone to listen to her, all that her heart was weighed down with. He was surely listening to her every single word and every single sigh. He was watching every tear drop that rolled over her cheek, every matter that brought her distress and heart ache. He was searching her heart and knowing her mind as she talked.

His heart was moved with compassion. He was determined to do something for her. He had carefully planned her future. Whenever she turned to him, he had revealed her about her future days and how she might be. Little by little as she knew, she believed in his words. She took hold of his words for real although it was unimaginable and so massive and confronting to achieve. As a matter of fact, some of her future plans had not involved her money or her time or made use of any resources. She did not chase after it but it came to her.

Truly, he had been a good man, worth given in marriage to. For he had sown seeds of love gently and patiently and invested his time to love her, cherish her dearly. He was the only true reason for her well being. If she had to recount, there cannot be a man so near and dear, so good and faithful as him. He is the one who still carries her close to his heart. That my friend was the love of Jesus Christ.