{"id":3867,"date":"2025-04-29T07:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2025-04-27T18:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:45:43","slug":"through-the-eyes-of-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/through-the-eyes-of-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Through The Eyes of Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tuesday,\u00a0April 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Through The Eyes of Compassion \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. <\/em><strong>Matthew 9:36<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most powerful ways we reflect God\u2019s heart is by living with compassion. To show compassion is to step outside of ourselves and love someone right where they are, especially in their weakness. To live compassionately means keeping our hearts postured toward grace, ready to extend love to those who need it most.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 9:36 tells us, \u201c<em>When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd<\/em>.\u201d Jesus didn\u2019t just look at people, He looked into them. He saw beneath the surface. He noticed their pain, their fear, their silent battles. And that\u2019s where compassion begins\u2014with a choice to see others the way God sees them.<\/p>\n<p>What if, instead of reacting to someone\u2019s short temper or rough attitude, we paused and asked: What might they be carrying today? What\u2019s behind that reaction? Compassion doesn\u2019t excuse behavior, but it helps us respond with gentleness instead of judgment. When we respond with compassion, we offer comfort that quietly says: I see you. You matter. And God loves you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>God of Love, thank you for coming to me to show me Your love. Help me now to show this same love to others as I represent you. Amen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday,\u00a0April 29 Through The Eyes of Compassion \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 One of the most powerful ways we reflect God\u2019s heart is by living with compassion. To show compassion is to step outside of ourselves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867","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=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3875,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions\/3875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}