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.