A world without compassion
Website design By BotEap.comA world without compassion is like a tree without roots. Any society that lacks compassionate citizenship is a lifeless society. This can only be proven over time.
Website design By BotEap.comA world without compassion is similar to the world of ‘Cain and Abel’ which was characterized by envy, jealousy and murder (Genesis 4:6-8). It is a world where babies are dumped in ‘blocked gutters’ and the masses watch without concern. It is a world devoid of altruism.
Website design By BotEap.comIn a world without compassion, we would live in a state of delusion, governed by our idiosyncrasies in service of our passion. Fighting, envy, hatred and war become the hallmark of citizenship. Nothing is done for love in such a society; each one acts on the basis of what he will get. That seems to be very devastating! It is not like this? The poor are without a voice, without hope, without love and without a future. A world without compassion is a dangerous world to live in. “Could it be that we are living in this world?”
Website design By BotEap.comOur world today has not been able to stop most of the challenges/vices that afflict us, such as poverty, sexual immorality, drug abuse, theft, war, among others. Fifty-seven (57) million die every year of hunger on planet earth, fifteen (15) million of whom are children. Every 3.6 seconds, a person dies of hunger. In Africa, twenty-seven (27) million die every year from malaria. Three (3) billion people in the world today struggle to survive on US$2 a day. Drug trafficking, forced labor, armed robbery, tribal warfare, racism, and ethnic conflict are the prevailing norms that plague us. Gun seems to be the means by which we came to power. In some countries, children are only worth the gun in their hand to shoot. I asked again: “Could it be that we are living in this world?”
Website design By BotEap.comOur moral pillars are getting weaker and weaker every day. “What is happening to our world?” In my view, the moral perplexities we are faced with in this 21st century certainly have their roots in the self. Most of us have become complacent about life. We no longer have a heart for each other. After all, who cares!
Website design By BotEap.comAmos lived and preached at a time when the nation of Israel was divided into the southern and northern kingdoms. People lived in opulence, allowing their luxurious lives to blind them to God’s promises of justice, mercy, and equality. The truth is that they lived in abundance but the means of distribution were not evenly distributed.
Website design By BotEap.comThe rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer, creating a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots. In this sense, the prophet Amos entered the scene to awaken his moral imagination for a new way of living and loving, since they have become complacent, lazy or lukewarm in their covenant commitment with God and with their neighbor. The Prophet charged them and said, “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria”, – Amos 6:1. This charge is applicable today as it was during the dispensation of Amos.
Website design By BotEap.comThe charge is for all who have forgotten their moral duty to visit hospitals, evangelize prisoners, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked. In the quest to multiply wealth, most people have become fools in a world without compassion.
Website design By BotEap.comThe foolishness of the rich man who showed no compassion for the vulnerable and marginalized cost him his life (Read Luke 12:16-20); the foolishness of anyone who imitates his lifestyle will cost him the same, his life.
Website design By BotEap.comCompassion is a force that unites us as human beings. It is the foundation on which the pillars of human life rest. Compassion gives meaning to life and improves our well-being.
Website design By BotEap.comSome people enjoy the gratification of causing pain and degradation to others, while others, their gratification depends on self-imposed physical pain. The former is sadistic while the latter is a masochist. Regardless, let us take the admonition from the words of Nelson Mandela: “Our human compassion unites us with one another, not out of pity or condescension, but as human beings who have learned to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” . No matter how you look at it, to be human is to be compassionate. So that we can live a dignified life, then it is necessary to dress ourselves with this essential virtue of sustenance: compassion!