Today we begin worship with:
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
We spent this week with our middle daughter, her husband, and the grandkids. Periodically a parent or grandparent would have to leap to help/save/discipline a child. This is not quite what is expressed here. We all did it out of love and responsibility.
Our verse today describes a time when there is no parent, when no responsible person is actively caring for them, and when our gut (splagchnizomai) tells us to act.
This word is associated with many miracles - Feeding of the Four Thousand (Matthew 15:32-39) and the Raising of the Widow’s Son (Luke 7:11-17) to name a couple. Each time the person could not save/heal/resurrect themselves.
May the LORD show us others through His eyes and be in the moment His hands.
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