Beautiful Collision: 4 Hard Heartedness

Sermon By Pastor Corky Calhoun

This may surprise some of you but I have never had anyone come to my office and ask me to help them with their hard-heartedness. It's never happened. In fact even when its brought to peoples attention that the reason for their cynicism, doubts, and negativity is that barnacles have grown on their hearts...denial is usually the response I get. No, not me! People can convince themselves to be justified in having a low mercy meter. This Sunday is "Compassion" Sunday at Georgianna and compassion is the CURE for hard-heartedness. I would argue that its not so much that we are not compassionate, as much as we are situationally compassionate...we want to choose who gets our sacrificial love! Because hard-heartedness is so prevalent in our culture, it can be hard to see it in ourselves. We just know we are not as mean as our neighbor...whoever that is. The bottom line is this; if you have been saved by Grace, and are committed to obediently following Jesus Christ, then the things that break God's heart should break ours. Everywhere I turn I see a need for Jesus in our community and the world. Compassion is the attitude of the heart that drove Jesus to the cross. Compassion is what drives us to be a church that gives itself away as our Savior did. Compassion is doing for one what you wish you could do for everyone. Compassion is the bridge to Haiti and 20 little girls whose future is brighter because we have committed to stand in the gap! I believe compassion should be a way of life, but this weekend we are going to put some traction to it and meet the needs of our daughters. Sunday is going to be a great day!