There were a lot of times when I felt as though it were difficult for God to have pity on people like me. Times like that, I saw Him as a strict King who is ready to punish us for our sins. And we have many sins to be guilty of.
Isn’t is true that many people are afraid to follow God because we think He cannot understand our weaknesses? Some even leave the Church because they felt unloved and cast away.
How many times have we thought ourselves to be kinder and more understanding than God? How many times have we thought that God’s heart could never be moved with compassion?
Reading the following verses from Mark, however, I’ve realized how great our misconception about God had been:
Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is late in the day. Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”
But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.”
– Mark 6, 34–37, WEBBE
The disciples merely wanted to send the people away. But Jesus had pity on them and saw their hunger, both for physical and spiritual food. God’s Compassion may not be easily understood but it is far deeper than we could ever imagine.
Today, think for a few moments how God looks at you. He knows you and calls you by name. He sees you. He understands your pain. Other people may fail to give you the love that you need, but He will never fail to shower you with His unfailing love.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
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