It’s a lot easier to be passionate than it is to be compassionate.
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Thought for the Day – Passionate/Compassionate
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged compassion, compassionate, passion, passionate on May 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – Passionate
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged passion, passionate on November 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
God certainly loves to use passionate people, but sometimes our passion can work against us. In Matthew, chapter 16, we see Peter go both ways in quick succession. In 16:17 we see him praised for his discernment of the Messiah, but just a few short passages later (16:23) we hear the Lord say, “Get thee behind me Satan”. I would like to suggest that the same passion fueled Peter in both instances, but the difference was the source of his information. In the first instance the Lord said that this wasn’t revealed by flesh and blood, but by my Father. In the second, the Lord scolded Peter for having his mind on “merely human concerns”. We passionate followers of God must be mindful of this when our passions are stirred and we have the urge to speak.
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