“The Time
Of Your Visitation From
God”
As he was now approaching the path
down from the
As he came near and saw the city, he
wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the
things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the
days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and
surround you, and hem you in on every side. They will crush you to the ground,
you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone
upon another; because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from
God.”
It is easy and safe to get emotional over fictional
characters and events as we watch a show or read a
book. It is quite another thing to feel deep sadness and grief over real people
and their needs. Heartache for the wayward, the suffering, the lost, and the
broken tends to mirror the heart and compassion of Jesus, who wept over wayward
True
compassion is love in action.
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