"Everyone needs compassion,
The kindness of a saviour...... "

Kindness: "Good will, benevolence, that temper or disposition which delights in contributing to the happiness of others.
an act of good will, and act that promotes the 'happiness or welfare' of others. "

This part of the song Saviour He Can Move The Mountains, always reminds me of the movie, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Blanche, who has had a tumultuous life to the point where she has gone crazy, says to a man who has shown her a little bit of kindness and gentleness in the midst of her pain, "I have always relied on the kindness of strangers."

In a way it is sad she had to rely on strangers for kindness but that is often how it is. Family and friends do not always pour in the kindness that we need. But a passing stranger who doesn't know the complications of our lives, can look and extend that kindness without being drawn into the whole kit and kaboodle that makes up our lives.

But most of us these days are hungry for that kindness more often. In a world filled with the darkness of our time, we cry out for that kindness and gentleness, sometimes to no avail. Children cry out for it, women cry out for it, men cry out for it. The pain of each is unique and deep.

But Jesus, the perfect picture of kindness, is a saviour who will extend to us the type of kindness and gentleness that heals; spirit, soul, and body.

The woman caught in adultry received that kindness when others were ready to stone her. The woman at the well, living a sinful life, received that kindness and was taught where to get "living water".

Peter, who ran when they took his master and denied him three times, was restored to relationship by that kindness.

The demoniac was healed, and delivered by that same kindness.

Everyone needs compassion. Everyone needs kindness. But Jesus is the only one who can give it every time we need it. He is the only one who can extend that kindness and bring restoration and healing along with it. He is the only one who has the fullness of that kindness, that fruit of the Spirit we all need to extend and receive. Hopefully we will learn how to extend that kindness as we receive it from the Lord.

Yes, everyone needs compassion.
The kindness of a Saviour.

Let mercy fall on me Lord.
Let mercy fall on me.



more to follow........