[Discoveries] 08-20-08 God's compassion -- Psalm 145:9

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*The LORD is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made. -- 
Psalm 145:9*/

To be honest with you, I have often puzzled over how God will judge the 
world. After all, so many people are products of deception. How can they 
be made to pay the full price for their own gullibility? I don't know 
the answer to that. But I know this: God has compassion on all He has made.

God's compassion rises above pain. Jesus met His persecutor, Saul, on 
the road to Damascus. The Risen Lord could have easily killed this 
fanatic who led men, women and children away to slaughter. But, instead, 
Jesus turned Saul's (Paul's) whole life into a testimony of the 
compassion of God.

How will God's compassion factor into His judgment on the Last Day? I 
don't know. I just know that it will, and yet it won't keep God from 
being 100% just and righteous.

And the more God works on me, the more I have compassion on others. More 
and more, I see sinners less as rotten people, and more as precious 
people who have been marred within just like me. As Christ's ambassadors 
we carry the compassion of God into our world.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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