Intentionality: Appreciating God’s Compassion
Psalms 145:9 April 20th 2019 is a special day for my family. My grandmother had turned 100 years old and the mayor commemorated the special occasion by proclaiming the day “Effie Smith Black Day.” I was so excited for her. Excited the future birthdays and future Effie Smith Black day celebrations. Unfortunately, I’m writing this post sitting in front of her gravesite. Only 18 days into 2020, my grandmother decided to leave us and the Lord obliged. Selfishly, I wanted her to stay. Not because she could do anything for me physically or financially. Her mere presence was enough. Her calm demeanor and most definitely her sense of humor. I prayed God would give her her will to eat back...her will to live back. But she’s gone and in January I couldn’t understand why. Around two months later, this pandemic began to rear its ugly head and a certain word kept popping up in everything I would read and watch. Compassion. A word that could be translated as kindness. Or gen