Crying for selfish reasons…

I found myself in tears one day… and the more I cried, the more horrible I felt. Not for the reason I was crying, but for the sole fact that I can’t ever recall a time when I have wept for those who don’t have a relationship with Christ (except once for my brother.) It made me… feel dirty. I mean, here I am! A man desiring to be a pastor! A man who’s passion is for the lost! But a man who’s greatest passion is for his own selfishness.

Lord help me to be a man that weeps for those that are separated from you and a man that takes action to show your love to them by deeds and words. Father, help me to realign my passions with yours and to put death my selfishness. Father, strengthen me so that I might decrease and your name will be glorified in my humility. Amen

In the Book of Luke, it tells of Jesus coming to Jerusalem, seeing the city, and knowing that His people would reject him. And… [...he wept for it.]

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