Show Compassion
But Abraham replied, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
-- Luke 16:25
This economic downturn should have shown us all how easy it is to lose all your material possessions. We should learn from sudden illnesses and car wrecks and job losses and all the other things that can come out of nowhere and derail our lives. But we don't. Or at least some of us don't.
We assume that if someone is on unemployment then that person is too lazy to work. Maybe that's so. But probably the person can't get a job or is too torn down to even try anymore. We just know that a person who is working should have health insurance. If they don't, it's their fault for not having a better job. We can't believe that battered old car we pass on the side of the road. Everybody knows you've got to do regular maintenance on a vehicle to keep it running, no matter how many jobs you need to work to come up with the money.
Yeah, we are a nation of know-it-alls. But what's especially disturbing is that so many of those know-it-alls claim to be Christians. They say they know Jesus. But their hard hearts say something totally different. Share a smile and a little kindness with a person who is struggling. If you can safely help, go ahead. Replace instant criticism with compassion. Let people see Jesus in you.
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