May 8
The Father of Compassion and the God of all comfort
The Latin word for compassion (compassio) means ‘to suffer together.’ When we begin to see that God has not removed Himself from the suffering of His much-loved children, it will comfort our broken and battered hearts, whatever we face.
In the place of receiving profound comfort from the source of all comfort, we can, in turn, comfort one another. While this understanding of God’s compassionate heart doesn’t remove our pain, we can take heart that amid anything we face this side of heaven, our heavenly Father enters into our suffering in a beautiful expression of His tender loving kindness.
When I think of the over 8 billion people on the planet today and how our Father does not insulate Himself from the sufferings of each of us, I am overwhelmed by His love and mercy.
There is one God and Father of us all: Page 75
The Latin word for compassion (compassio) means ‘to suffer together.’ When we begin to see that God has not removed Himself from the suffering of His much-loved children, it will comfort our broken and battered hearts, whatever we face.
In the place of receiving profound comfort from the source of all comfort, we can, in turn, comfort one another. While this understanding of God’s compassionate heart doesn’t remove our pain, we can take heart that amid anything we face this side of heaven, our heavenly Father enters into our suffering in a beautiful expression of His tender loving kindness.
When I think of the over 8 billion people on the planet today and how our Father does not insulate Himself from the sufferings of each of us, I am overwhelmed by His love and mercy.
There is one God and Father of us all: Page 75