No regrets, no Compassion!

No regrets, no Compassion!

Regrets, forgiveness, compassion, grief, all grammatical terms that compel our attention in a world where sorrow is no longer an adherence to injury on another person.  

It is so easy to promote an existence of well-being until a problem infiltrates our sense of surprise when there is something we never expected.  

David, because of his lust for Bathsheba, felt in the afre-math of adultery and murder, discovered the worst result of the events; the loss of Absalom, his son.  After the prophet Nathan confronted David regarding  his sin before God, he relented and wrote some poems in Psalm 51 and was remorseful for his weakness that caused much upheaval in his kingdom.  God accepted his return for his sinfulness, but as we will see; Absalom dies as a result of Davis’s sin.  (2 Sam 18: 9 - ff).  We may ask; “If David paid for his sin, why does he suffer more?

Suppose for a moment that if Absalom had not been killed David might not have turned completely back to God by forgetting his sins.  This would become the total reminder of God’s forgiveness through a human sign of how weakness can destroy any of us.

Take a look at our own sins and how we use the Sacrament of Reconciliation to remove the stain of sin.  Sometimes there will be further examples of what we did or continue doing that needs a reminder and God will allow some type of discipline to occur just to paint a picture of the need to be more diligent in our approach to keep ourselves as pure as we are able to avoid falling off our task.

God does not rejoice in the loss of one sinner, who in spite of his generous entity of Mercy, watches and sends prophets like Nathan to confront our blindness so that we may see our mistake.  If God was within our own time frame he would be present more often reaching us to repent than he took in creating us.  

Remember the eternal home Christ told the apostles about was not just another step we should seek.  It is the total adoption that the Trinity has prepared for every human being.  Unfortunately, many do not adhere to this final touch of an omnipotent God who wants us, not because of our perfection that does not exist, but because of our weakness that we all possess.  

Each of us must remove the blinders that will not allow us to see peripherally of the  glory that is beside us and miss the opportunity to share in a God that waits for our return.  Of all the many blessings that our Lord has for us, it is the final entrance into a life that will never end and with the Glory of God that is eternal.  

We need not fear our mistakes, but we must be thankful for the compassion that awaits us.

Ralph B. Hathaway