Comments on: Luke 7:11-17 Locals and Compassion http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/ A little experiement in virtual Bible Study... Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AlexL http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/comment-page-1/#comment-69 AlexL Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:02:41 +0000 http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/#comment-69 I know and appreciate your heart on Christ-like compassion for nterruptions. "Vision myopia" isn't restricted to the purpose-driven, missional folks - those concerned about Biblically accurate theology (like me) are just as prone to walk on the other side of the road... I know and appreciate your heart on Christ-like compassion for nterruptions.
“Vision myopia” isn’t restricted to the purpose-driven, missional folks – those concerned about Biblically accurate theology (like me) are just as prone to walk on the other side of the road…

]]> By: Administrator http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Administrator Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:50:26 +0000 http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/#comment-63 I will not speak for all who are PD,M, and VO but I know that I am easily capable of developing a hard heart when I feel that somehow I have a higher purpose. I definitely have been a part of conversations where a focus on purpose allowed me and others to fail to have sufficient compassion for those who are hurting. To use the example of the Levite in the story of the good Samaritan, I have always wondered. "Was he on the was to the temple?" Did he have some pressing errand, some mission that was clearly the work of God that prevented him from stopping? Helping that man would have rendered him unclean. He simply could not stop to help that man and fulfill his God-given mission. So I suppose there hearts may break, but they (and I) may feel so bound to some "larger" purpose that we can't stop to help because to help in an interruption. I think this is also one of the lessons of Jesus invitation to children. In some ministry class I read a book that talked about how ministry is the interruptions and if we have a perspective on our own tasks that does not allow for interuptions we have gotten something wrong. I know these thoughts are pretty rambling but I guess I would sum up by saying, "Yes, I do think that a person who is highly vision oriented must take great care that this vision does not actually prevent them from living with compassion and grace as they go.." I will not speak for all who are PD,M, and VO but I know that I am easily capable of developing a hard heart when I feel that somehow I have a higher purpose. I definitely have been a part of conversations where a focus on purpose allowed me and others to fail to have sufficient compassion for those who are hurting.
To use the example of the Levite in the story of the good Samaritan, I have always wondered. “Was he on the was to the temple?” Did he have some pressing errand, some mission that was clearly the work of God that prevented him from stopping? Helping that man would have rendered him unclean. He simply could not stop to help that man and fulfill his God-given mission.

So I suppose there hearts may break, but they (and I) may feel so bound to some “larger” purpose that we can’t stop to help because to help in an interruption. I think this is also one of the lessons of Jesus invitation to children. In some ministry class I read a book that talked about how ministry is the interruptions and if we have a perspective on our own tasks that does not allow for interuptions we have gotten something wrong.

I know these thoughts are pretty rambling but I guess I would sum up by saying, “Yes, I do think that a person who is highly vision oriented must take great care that this vision does not actually prevent them from living with compassion and grace as they go..”

]]> By: AlexL http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/comment-page-1/#comment-59 AlexL Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:32:33 +0000 http://besquared.org/luke/2007/08/03/luke-711-17-locals-and-compassion/#comment-59 Hmmm - the context of your sentence seems to imply that often those who are "purpose driven, missional, and vision oriented" are so driven that their hearts no longer break OR am I misreading you? Hmmm – the context of your sentence seems to imply that often those who are “purpose driven, missional, and vision oriented” are so driven that their hearts no longer break OR am I misreading you?

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