Compassion
‘Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another’
(Romans 13:8)
Rules and laws are good. They help us to live together. But in the end, all rules are summed up in the law of love.
Without love to guide us, rules simply become regulations to be kept when others are looking.
Love fulfils the law when no one can see us.
God loves the unlovely and our love needs to be for those who we may not be naturally drawn to.
Jesus was filled with compassion for those who were sick or hungry or without God.
This is the way for his disciples as well.
Question for thought: Do I love people I don t even know?
Heavenly Father, we pray for Members in Chelmsford and St Albans in England as they meet together,
support worldwide projects and focus on local needs in their dioceses.
May they be able to share the hope and comfort of the faith in Jesus as they care for those in need.