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DEVOTIONAL JOURNAL | ALFRED STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Day 10:
Compassionate
Love
REV. DR. LATASHA MORGAN, LPC
“Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.”
– Lamentations 3:22 NIV
There is a new trend on social media that invites people to engage in conversation with
someone about their truths- it is called “Listen and Don’t Judge.” The objective is for
one person to state their truth while the other person listens without judgment. In other
words, with compassion, mercy, and tolerance, they agree to listen to what is being said.
Watching the vignettes, you can see and almost feel how difficult the goal of this activity
is. Especially when it is something unexpected or something that is directly about you.
We find a biblical account of “Listen, Don’t Judge” in Lamentations 3 as Jeremiah laments
to God about his feelings concerning some hard truths that have happened in his life.
Line after line, Jeremiah lists each concern- all specifically about God. It seems difficult
to be the listener in this activity. Here, God models mercy as Jeremiah speaks. God does
not interrupt or interject. Interestingly enough, this results in Jeremiah declaring that
God’s compassion does not fail because His love is so great. As believers, loving with
compassion will help us make space for the best and worst moments as either speakers
or listeners. Though challenging, in this season and societal climate- God’s model of
compassionate love will have exponential benefits as true believers work to extend it to
ourselves and others.
JOURNAL
REFLECTIONS
What area needs strengthening within you
to be a model of compassionate love in the
face of adversity?
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PRAYER
Dear God, please help me be quick to listen, slow to
speak, and slow to anger as I sojourn in challenging
settings.
