Category Archives: Compassion

Mephibosheth – faithfulness and love

https://odb.org/2025/05/07/a-new-game 2 Samuel 9 (NIV): 3 The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.” 6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David,Continue reading “Mephibosheth – faithfulness and love”

Love the foreigner

https://odb.org/2025/04/22/loving-others Deuteronomy 10:14–19 (NIV): 14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. 15 Yet the LORD set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today. 16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not beContinue reading “Love the foreigner”

Feed the hungry

https://odb.org/2024/10/24/food-for-the-hungry In Isaiah 58, Isaiah prophesied in verses 3 to 9 about God’s rebuke to the Israelites about their self-serving fasting to fulfil their religious obligations, hoping to gain some personal benefit for themselves. Actually, there is nothing wrong with such an approach to fasting except that at the same time, they ignored the needs ofContinue reading “Feed the hungry”

Try a little kindness

https://odb.org/2024/10/14/simple-acts-of-kindness There is a Glen Campbell song I sang quite often when growing up, “Try a little kindness.” https://youtu.be/MvswocNN-g8?si=CE9uWhwApWZ7R-Dt Verse: If you see your brother standing by the road. With a heavy load from the seeds, he sowed. And if you see your sister falling by the way. Just stop and say, “You’re going theContinue reading “Try a little kindness”

God and His rainbow

https://odb.org/2024/09/11/colors-of-hope Genesis 9:11-13 NKJV 11 Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you,Continue reading “God and His rainbow”

Esau and Jacob

https://odb.org/2024/05/21/a-warm-embrace The ancient bible story of Esau and Jacob was interesting because the antagonist appeared to have prevailed against the innocent. Esau was tricked into giving up his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of soup, and later, their father, the Patriach Isaac, was tricked by Jacob and his mother, to give his blessings forContinue reading “Esau and Jacob”

Sheep and goats

https://odb.org/2024/03/25/love-god-by-loving-others Matthew 25:31-40 is in a way scary as there will come a time when our Lord Jesus Christ will separate us into sheep and goats. Below is a deeper analysis of this topic, which may be contentious to some. https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/christ-the-king/commentary-on-matthew-2531-46-7 I tend to agree that as Jesus spoke about having helped or being kindContinue reading “Sheep and goats”

God helps those who help others

https://odb.org/2024/03/21/simply-helping There is some truth that God helps those who help themselves in the sense that faith and action go hand in hand, or rather faith requires action in order for us to experience the grace and goodness of God. Thus, if we pray for patience, the LORD will likely bring us to situations whereContinue reading “God helps those who help others”

The Third Option

https://odb.org/2024/02/05/dignity Although the story of Jesus encountering the woman who was caught in adultery mentioned that it was a trap laid by the teachers of the law and the Pharisees so that they may accuse Him, what constituted the trap was not crystal clear from the story. See John 8:2-11. The trap was actually aContinue reading “The Third Option”