Compassion

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Clothed with Compassion

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience” (Col 3:12).

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Enter, a Good Samaritan

Compassionate God, thank you for giving us a capacity to care and to come to another’s aid. 
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Showing Compassion in the Workplace

In every workplace, there are moments when our colleagues may find themselves facing challenges, setbacks, or personal struggles that affect their well-being and performance.
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The Way of Compassion

Might we think about addressing others with compassion? Might we intercede when we see someone not treated with respect and teach our children to do the same?
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Sending Compassion

Bryan Stevenson, an African-American, Harvard-trained attorney, writes: “The people who haven’t earned it, who haven’t even sought it, are the most meaningful recipients of our compassion… “
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Living Big

Compassion suggests that we put ourselves into others’ shoes and try to look at the world from their perspective.
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Compassion in the Worst Places

One of the most compelling calls to compassion comes from one of the worst places: a Nazi concentration camp. There, the dying Betsie ten Boom told her sister, “there is no pit so deep that [God] is not deeper still."
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