A few years ago I had cataract surgery done on both eyes and I asked for the Kryptonian package because sight like Superman would have been pretty darn cool. But we need another way of looking at people. The word of the day is Compassion. You need the compassion package for your eyes.
In Matthew 9:35-38 it says this. "Jesus travelled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, 'The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.'"
See it says Jesus looked on the people with compassion and sometimes that's incredibly hard for us to do. There's an old saying of if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. I see three things here we need to do.
1. Pray. 2. Pray for more compassion in in interacting with people. 3. Be willing to help with the harvest.
Galatians 6:9-10 "So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone-- especially to those in the family of faith."
So I had most of this blog done on Tuesday afternoon and I've been praying asking God to let me see people with compassionate eyes. So on Wednesday Marion sent me this post on Facebook advertising that Sonic was marking down medium slushes to seventy-nine cents so we planned to go the next night. We got a personal lesson in treating others with compassion when we went to Sonic. We ordered our food and drinks by roughly 10:50. Somewhere between us ordering and it being brought to us there was a big mixup that we still don't understand fully. They thought we were at a different stall for food and that possibly we had left but we were still waiting. This server Gabby saw us and came and asked us if we were waiting on an order. Then she comes back to tell us they had closed and asked how we planned to pay. We could've been mad. The manager and cooks could have been mad. No one ever got upset. Because of the goof up we didn't get our food till 11:40 pm after they had closed mind you. Gabby got a $5.00 tip from us. Marion and I both were saying it was a situation that could have gone worse in so many number of ways. Then that night I started praying for Gabby and the managers and cooks at Sonic asking God to help them have a better night and fix their eyes on Him. So Friday I was driving to work and it hit me that God had helped both of us to be more compassionate and it was answered prayer.
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