Living in Mogale City just has become amazing.
The discovery of some of our ancestors has placed us in the world’s spotlight. One of the unique aspects of this discovery is that these ancient relatives cared for their dead. Signs of one of our unique characteristics that make us different.
2 000 years ago Jesus met two blind men that shouted for his attention.
“Son of David have mercy on us!” In Matt 20:34 one word caught my attention, “compassion”.
Jesus had compassion for them. There are a few clear characteristics that differentiate us from animals. Our ability to make and use tools, the concept of time and probably the ability to have compassion – to feel someone else’s pain. Some people know a lot, others can do a lot, but the people who have touched my life the most are people who feel a lot. They feel other people’s pain as if it was their own.
Is it possible that through time we have lost the ability to care? Jesus had compassion on two blind people, he felt their pain and gave them their sight. We so quickly turn our heads away from beggars and suffering people around us. Poverty and unemployment are not our problem. The Bible uses another great word to describe our sad state.
Our hearts have become “callous”. If we lose our ability to have compassion, we don’t lose a bit of our own humanity, we really lose a bit of God in us.
PS. Can you feel the pain of others?
