Compassion

I got to thinking about how we regulate whom we will show compassion to. For example, many of us have been driving somewhere and at a stop light a person is soliciting $$$ for having troubles in their life.

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We immediately determine if we will show compassion and give them something. If you are like me, you may size up the person based on appearance or demeanor and make a determination of your next move.

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Well, that is part of our free will that God has allowed us to have. We can make a decision to show compassion and give OR wind our window up and decline.

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But just as we make that determination, SO DOES GOD. In Romans, Paul tells us that God can choose whom he shows mercy and compassion to.

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Now, I do not know the recipe for how this compassion will be dealt out but I do know that I would rather be in the mix and receive then not in the mix and be overlooked OR worse have God harden his heart to me….

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Live righteous and your odds for compassion probably improve…

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Remember, it takes a long time to grow old friends….