“Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate. Do not judge and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.”
(Lk 6:36-38)
How is God compassionate?
Where is my compassion overflowing?
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Over breakfast, my group of friends looked at God's compassion. We noted first that the word translated as 'compassion' refers to a gut-wrenching experience that propels us to go to help others who are calling out in distress. Then we noted that God's compassion overflows to sinners, the very people who offend him.
We then got a bit bogged down in a discussion on setting standards in our workplaces, which are important things to have. However we realized that Jesus is calling us to flow over the bounds and limits that we set. From his perspectives, we are not to set limits to our compassion.
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