Learning from pain.
The last few nights, I've been witness to a son's love for his father. His deep sense of respect & love for his departed father, he's willingness to take the responsibilty, his strength to withold tears, his total faith & trust in the Lord that his father is in a better place...

This man understood God's plan for his family. He accepted and took comfort that his father was no longer with them physically, but his love and legacy should be carried on..

Seeing his gentle calmness, his sense of purpose..his testimony of his father's life, brought me back to the worship of our father in heaven. For in that moment, when his son worship his Lord, he thanked the father in heaven that he took back his father on earth to be with the Lord forever.

I could sense his pain, but his grief wasn't in vain. The sadness present was filled with the peace of God. I learnt alot from just being there.

His father, had friends who loved him too. There were alot of people, to pay their respects, and it didn't matter if we shared the same faith, the presence of the people bore testitmony that he was a good man. A man with compassion, a man of God.

But I think his son best describe it, the plans they have to 'move on'..,"As for my household,we'll continue to serve & worship our Lord & God."
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Compassion!

What drives the heart in your life?
For what good is it for man to have wisdom but lack compassion?
Compassion isn't passive, or doing something only when you've the time or energy. To be moved by compassion, is to share the grief, the sorrow & understanding of the situation. Of course, expression may vary.

What good is a person of power and status, if he/she doesn't have the compassion to help or inspire others to love others..

Maybe we pay too much emphasis on the people of status or influence, and could be too busy to have compassion for the rest. Compassion isn't pity.

I'm encouraged always when people share with me nuggest of wisdom, or the revelations they had... but surely, the most challenging of all isn't saying out what has been revealed to you, but rather to be a testimony of it.

Its vital for our spiritual leaders, elders to be filled with compassion for others; taking the additional step for the others.. for its with compassion; as how Christ was filled with it, the love for others, that drives to save one more for Jesus, to nurse the broken hearted, to seek the lost souls...

Guard your heart from the evils of this world. But don't forget to fill it with compassion. For a person with wisdom but no compassion is like a dictionary; good to explain issues but irrelvant on its own.

Don't just tell people how to live their lives, take the step with them...walk thru the shadows of death together.