Voltaire told of a king whose favorite horse was lost, so he offered a reward for finding it. Many wise men tried and failed, but a simpleton in his court found it and brought it back.

“How’d you do it?” asked the king. The man replied, “I thought, if I were a horse where would I go? Putting myself in his place, I soon found him!”

Jesus knows how we think, and that’s how he found you and I. Compassion is just putting yourself in the other person’s place!

Before Peter denied his Lord, Jesus said to him: “When you are converted, strengthen your brothers.” When grace touches your life, you should always reach back to touch another.

The heart of the gospel is that God loved us enough to come to where we were, so that we would love others enough to go to where they are.

Who will you have compassion for today?

Tags: Caring, compassion