Compassion

This has been on my mind a lot lately. In fact, I wrote this blog last week and never published it. Then last night at church our lesson was on this very subject. Now, I may be hard headed, but I can take a hint from God. We talked about the gentle compassion of Christ towards sinners. This went right along with what I had been thinking about on the subject of protesters.

There is one group in particular, the members of Westboro Baptist Church. Jesus did not hold a sign and yell at people to win a soul, so what makes them think they will? Show them the love of Christ not the hatred of cults. Just read Mark chapter 7 or Luke chapter 7. In these passages Jesus showed gentle compassion to not only the ones being accused, but to the accusers who were as guilty.

The members of Westboro recently lost a ten million dollar lawsuit. When I heard that I almost cheered. Maybe the person that won this judgement will donate it to the Patriot Guard or a similar organization. The audacity of these people is outrageous. These brave men have died to preserve the freedom of this land and they cannot even respect a soldier's family during their grief. Do they really think this is how we change the American opinion? By making a emotionally tough time even tougher?

I don't want to be the one to break the news, but God does not rank our sin. A sin, is a sin, is a sin. The hate these people show is a sin. Do not cast the first stone. Show others the love of Christ. Hatred breeds hatred!