Empathy

Empathy

Empathy is just one of our Savior's wonderful characteristics. It is the Mother of Compassion. Sadly in this cold, dark spiritual age many of us fail to use or practice it.

Far too often it is easier for us to empathize with someone who we love or are close to, but what about those who, for whatever reason are considered failures, derelicts or just not worth bothering with? Way too often we ignore them. God empathized with, and offered a helping hand to us. He did this in spite of us being failures and derelicts.

Many people have became very cold-hearted toward those who society no longer values. Far to often they are treated with derision, scorn or self righteousness. Many things that occurred in life has conditioned some to become what society might call human wrecks. Christ is full of empathy, for them, for us and for all mankind.

It is a rough society out there! Millions of human beings have been and will be needing understanding and compassion. Although some people seem to be naturally full of compassion, generally it is not a human trait. By remembering the empathy, the compassion that God has extended toward us, might help us to extend it toward others, which characterizes the mind of Jesus Christ.