Compassion and Motive
Pastor
Jesus renewed people with the power of his compassion.
I like the ancient legend about the monk who found a precious stone, a precious jewel. A short time later, the monk met a traveler, who said he was hungry and asked the monk if he would share some of his provisions. When the monk opened his bag, the traveler saw the precious stone and, on an impulse, asked the monk if he could have it. Amazingly, the monk gave the traveler the stone. The traveler departed quickly, overjoyed with his new possession. However, a few days later, he came back, searching for the monk. He returned the stone to the monk and made a request: "Please give me something more valuable, more precious than this stone. Please give me that which enabled you to give me this precious stone!"
There's a more recent urban legend about an underprivileged little boy in a slum section of town standing and wistfully observing a shiny new Cadillac that had just parked on his dilapidated street corner. An old gentleman said to him, "Son, that's my brother's car, wouldn't you like to have a brother who has a car like that?" "No", the boy said, "I'd rather BE a brother with a car like that!"
Friends, we have a "Pearl of great price"; we have brothers and sisters who possess a "Pearl of great price" ... the question is, what will we do with it?
In God we trust!