{"id":1571,"date":"2022-01-10T01:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T01:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:15:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:15:18","slug":"compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Monday January 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Compassion \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. <strong>Luke 10:33<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows the story of the Good Samaritan. When we think of all that is happening in our world today, our hearts should respond with compassion for our neighbors. But who is your neighbor you might ask, Jesus told it in response to a question from a lawyer in Luke 10.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus answered the question with a story: A Jew was set upon by robbers who stole his goods and left him for dead. Two Jewish religious leaders passed by and ignored the man\u2019s plight. But when a cultural enemy of the man came by\u2014a Samaritan\u2014he stopped to help the injured man. The Samaritan \u201chad compassion\u201d on the man. He bound the man\u2019s wounds, took him to an inn, and paid for his care. The Samaritan used what resources he had with him\u2014oil, wine, money\u2014to meet the injured stranger\u2019s needs. Jesus\u2019 point, your neighbor is anyone in need of help. Compassion is based not on wealth or party lines; it is based on a willingness to help with whatever resources we have.<\/p>\n<p>Who is your neighbor? On whom can you have compassion today? If you resources match another\u2019s needs do not pray about it, just do it. God has already blessed you to go into action, so do what you can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday January 10 Compassion \u00a0 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. Luke 10:33 Everyone knows the story of the Good Samaritan. When we think of all that is happening in our world today, our hearts should respond with compassion for our neighbors. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}