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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Calvary love - Amy Carmichael

If
I have not compassion on my fellow-servant, 
even as my Lord had pity on me, 
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
I belittle those whome I am called to serve,
talk of their weak points
in contrast perhaps with what I
think of as my strong points'
if I adopt a superior attitude,
forgetting "who made thee to 
differ? and what hast thou that
thou hast not received?"
then I know nothing of calvary love.

If 
I can easily discuss the shortcomings
and the sins of any;
if i can speak in casual way even
of a child's misdoings,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
I find myself half-carelessly taking
lapses for granted,
"Oh, that's what they always do,"
"Oh, of course she talks like that,
he acts like that,"
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
I can enjoy a joke at the expense of 
another;
if I can in anyway slight another in
conversation,
or even in thought, 
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
I can write an unkind letter, 
speak an unkind word,
think an unkind thought without
grief or shame,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If
I do not feel far more for the grieved 
Savior than for my worried self
when troublesome things occur,
then i know nothing of Calvary love.

If
I know little of His pitifulness 
(the Lord turned and looked upon Peter),
if I know little of His courage of 
hopefulness for the truly humble 
and penitent
(He said unto him, "Feed My lambs"),
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If
I deal with wrong for any other
reason than that implied in the 
words,
"From His right hand went a fiery 
law for them Yea, He loved
the people";
if I can rebuke without a pang, 
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
my attitude be one of fear, not faith,
about one who has disappointed
me;
if I say, "Just what I expected," if a
fall occurs,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
I do not look with eyes of hope on
all in whom there is even a faith
beginning,
as our Lord did, when,
just after His disciples had
wrangled about which of them
should be accounted the greatest,
He softened His rebuke with those
heart-melting words, "Ye are
they which continued with Me in My temptations,"
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
I have not the patience of my
Savior with souls who grow
slowly;
if I know little of travail (a sharp
and painful thing) till Christ be fully formed in them,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If 
I am afraid to speak the truth, lest I
lost affection,
or lest the one concerned should
say, "You do not understand,"
or because I fear to lose my
reputation for kindness;
if I put my own good name before
the other's highest good,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.





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