Saturday, March 3, 2012

Unconventional sympathy...

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” (Luke 7:11-13 ESV)
What kind of Guy flags down a funeral procession? Doesn't he know that you need to yield and let them pass by, even if your parade is bigger than theirs? Didn't anyone teach Him that you need to let one who is grieving cry? That it's better to just be there and say nothing? What is He teaching this crowd who is following Him? All of this conventional wisdom is swallowed up by one word: compassion. He is the compassionate Christ Who does not always do things in a conventional way. The same is true with us. When it seems to us that He is being rude, uncaring, or just not doing the right thing, He sees us and is moved with the same heart of compassion, as well as all His other glorious attributes.

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