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'...HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM AND HEALED THEIR SICK.' MATTHEW 14:14

Before you congratulate yourself on having your emotions in check,
understand that there's another side to the coin: control but no
compassion, moral indignation over human suffering yet no corresponding
action. James talks about these folks. And they were church folks too.
They see the pain and unmet needs of others. They have the ability to do
something about it. But they lack the willingness or care so they walk
away muttering about being too busy. Or they try to assuage their
conscience with a token gift. James asks, '...how dwelleth the love of
God in him?' (1 John 3:17 KJV). How indeed? If we are not responsible,
who is? If we don't do something, who will? '... faith without works is
dead' (James 2:20 KJV). You're only disciplining your emotions if you
translate them into responsible action. And your 'somebody ought to do
something about this' sentiments won't get you off the hook. William
Barclay wrote: 'There is nothing more dangerous than the repeated
experience of a fine emotion with no attempt to put it into action. It
is a fact that every time a man feels a noble impulse without taking
action, he becomes less likely ever to take action. In a sense it is
true to say that a man has no right to feel sympathy, unless he at least
tries to put that sympathy into action. An emotion is not something in
which to luxuriate; it is something which at the cost of effort and of
toil, of discipline and of sacrifice, must be turned into the stuff of
life.' That just about says it all' doesn't it?