DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- THE COMPASSIONATE JESUS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – THE COMPASSIONATE JESUS

"But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd." (Matthew 9:36)

In today's Scripture reading from Matthew 9, there are diverse situations that demonstrate the compassion of Jesus for the suffering.

The first incident is of a man whose daughter had just died, but he believed that Jesus could bring her back to life by His touch. Jesus went with the man to the bedside of the girl and He healed her and brought her back to life.

The second scenario was a woman who had suffered 12 years with a gynecological disease that caused her to bleed. Jesus healed her.

Next was two blind men who had faith that Jesus could heal them, and they cried out to Him. Jesus healed both of them.

Finally, there was brought to Him a man that demons had caused to be unable to speak. Jesus cast out the demon and the man was healed.

No matter what our condition or our situation, Jesus is a aware and is compassionate. He may not heal or restore to life because of His divine purposes, but I can be sure that He cares. Because He cares for us, we can cast our cares on Him/ As Peter wrote, "Casting all your cares on Him for He cares for you" (I Peter 5:7). We can come to the throne of grace to find mercy in our times of need (Hebrews 4:16).

He does care about us in our need.

Love, Dad