THE ACT OF COMPASSION

You've seen it before, you were shocked at the very sight of it, so shocked that you say to yourself, "What is wrong with this world?"  The scene is a video you might have come across on Facebook.  People sometimes post them for shock value.  There is nothing wrong with that if you have the stomach for it.  I sometimes watch them just to understand that humanity is slowly but surely dissipating from this world.  God and the Bible are pushed out of man's very core.  What used to be a daily practice, for example, family prayer, is no longer alive in an average human being's home.  We have been desensitized.  Compassion is no longer the response to aggressive situations that arise.  Instead, we pull out our camera phones and film it.  The upcoming "ME" generation of selfies, selfie filters, narcissism is rampant in our youth and has gotten out of control.

God reminds us all throughout the Bible that when this happens, satan will run amok in our world spreading hurt, pain, bitterness and coldness of heart.  Love is no longer upheld.  Instead, love of self is in place.  People reach beyond feeling.  They feel nothing, no more caring, slowly but surely.

We have entered a path that sustains no compassion and love and fear of God.  Men of God continue to plow through and teach us to hold onto our compassion.  Self-examination must be part of our daily lives to sum up our day and ask ourselves if we practiced the act of compassion today. The tap of compassion should stay on, lest we reach our death clothed in bitterness.  It's not an easy task but we should consciously conduct ourselves accordingly and make it our main goal.  Nothing else matters in this world except actions that please God, and what pleases God reaps rewards.  Eternity is a time, space and place where these acts would no longer be difficult.  We practice today, in the now, in this world.  Before it's too late.

Until my next rant... LOVE ONE ANOTHER!