compassion....

Not only will He comfort us in our time of need.... we are to comfort one another! Compassion is for everyone to give and receive. The definition of "compassion" in the dictionary is very short. It simply says that compassion means sympathetic consciousness of others' distress along with a desire to alleviate it. I love these verses:

• The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
• Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

An example of compassion....

A NOTE: This is posted as a glimpse of compassion of a man in a moment of time. The photo was taken by the girl's father - not a newsman or others. GW is looking at him because he had just be introduced to Ashley's father by a neighbor, Linda Price. I want to add this: From Valerie Geibel-Wells "I am from the area (this was at a rally in Lebanon, OH) and know this family. Her mother was lost in 9.11 and was a wonderful humanitarian. They never found her remains and the girl was devastated - this was honest compassion from the leader of the free world who as he walked by her someone yelled to him "she lost her mother in the Trade Centers and he stopped and turned around and came back and hugged this girl for what seemed an eternity - something we don't get now. He is true to America and never put us down."