I am beginning a new book tonight entitled, "The Compassion Revolution" by Dave Donaldson. Chapter 1 - "Imagine for a moment that you are relaxing at home and the phone rings. When you answer, you hear a friend's breathless voice: 'Are you watching the news? Have you heard what has happened? It's horrible!' During this one day, 30 jumbo jets have crashed, killing a total of 5,700 people. Don't you think the whole world would be shocked and in mourning at the announcement of this awful event? Of course this didn't happen --these 30 jets didn't crash. But the children who died today simply because they lack clean, safe water would fill all of these planes."
rev⋅o⋅lu⋅tion⋅ar⋅y [rev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee] - a drastic and far-reaching change in thinking and behavior.
In Luke 6:36, Jesus instructs his followers, "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." The challenge is not to merely feel merciful, but to BE merciful. The needs of this world are so great. Hunger, homelessness, sickness, poverty...can we really make a difference? When the disciples posed this same question to Jesus he said, "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." John 14:12
I am looking forward to reading this book, meditating on the scriptures and reacting with Christ-like compassion.
Let's join the compassion revolution!
