For this reason they also speak of a compassionate God. It is an image that gives them hope. But how is one to understand the meaning of such an image? How can one develop further the implications of believing in a God who is a sympathetic participant in our sufferings?
I’ve heard it said that “Grace is when God gives us what we don’t deserve, and mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we do deserve.” Psalm 103:8 says God is “compassionate, and gracious, and slow to become angry.” What’s interesting is that the Hebrew equivalent of the ...
The warmth of the sun teaches us that God is compassionate, merciful, and loves us deeply. Photo credit: Unsplash/Eberhard Grossgasteiger How Can We Declare the Glory of God? Just as the heavens created by God declare His glory, so do we, human beings created by God, declare His ...
I praise you Lord God, that your Word is living and active. No matter how often we read a passage or hear a scripture story, you can breathe fresh life into its meaning and impact. The Christmas narrative is no exception.As we read and hear again the grand story of Jesus’ birth, ma...
In an article byAutumn Kernon Psalm 22, she shares the meaning of Lament. “Lamenting reveals the core of our humanity; it shows us that we are not God and that we need God.” Throughout the Psalms, David very openly shares his soul-wrenching grief. Psalm 43 says: ...
I praise you Lord God, that your Word is living and active. No matter how often we read a passage or hear a scripture story, you can breathe fresh life into its meaning and impact. The Christmas narrative is no exception. As we read and hear again the grand story of Jesus’ birth, ...
The Mohammedan prays that just accepting your sin is enough, because God is compassionate. You will be forgiven. Omar Khayyam, one of the great poets of Persian literature, says, "Don't prevent me from drinking wine, enjoying women, because God is compassionate. Don't tell me that I am...
have appeared ‘unGodly’, that was actually not the case, which means that, in a full or greater sense, ‘God’ is compassionate—that ‘God is good’; in fact, ‘God is great’; that our ‘faith in God’, especially in the ‘grace of God’, that ‘God loves you’, was ...
Our world is very focused on ourselves. We talk about what we have achieved for ourselves. What we want. What we deserve. But outside of God, everything else is useless. With God, all things have more meaning. It isn’t wrong to be successful, but if it distracts us from our Lord...
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