Jesus compassion is characterized by a downward pull. That is what disturbs us...Thus, we are deeply disturbed by a God who embodies a downward movement. Instead of striving for a higher position, more power, and more influence, Jesus moves as Karl Barth says, from the heights to the depth, from victory to defeat, from riches to poverty, from triumph to suffering, from life to death. Jesus whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of Gods love. Here we see what compassion means. It is not bending toward the underprivileged from a privileged position; it is not a reaching out from on high to those who are less fortunate below; it is not a gesture of sympathy or pity for those who fail to make it in the upward pull. On the contrary, compassion means going directly to those people and places where suffering is most acute and building a home there. --Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:21:59 +0000
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