It was in a passing conversation, see. Finally all the dots were connected, and I knew. I realized what her pet sin was. It was probably one she didn’t even see as I saw, considering just how conniving and blinding these tend to be. 

Sometimes it helps me to look at the definitions for words that we see a lot in Scripture, such as “compassion.” “Compassionate” used in verse 8 is translated as “merciful” in the ESV, and “compassion” in verse 13 is defined as having deep love an...