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Living compassion
“I can’t remember a time when I’ve regretted being compassionate,” Margaret Rogers remarks in the Sentinel’s cover story this week (p. 15). And she continues, “but I certainly have regretted times when I haven’t been.” Probably all of us can identify with this sentiment.
On a global level, with the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, it’s been gratifying to witness the huge outpouring of love and compassion in the form of many prayers for the people affected, as well as quick, tangible help on the ground. According to Japan’s foreign ministry, 113 countries and 24 international organizations have, as of this writing, offered their condolences and caring assistance.
We can see how compassion is our natural response because it’s inherently a part of our nature as God’s offspring. God, who is Love, simply made us that way. We can’t help but be compassionate because God is, and we reflect His infinite love. In the Bible, the Psalmist uses the phrase “full of compassion” five times to describe God’s mercy and grace. Many times Jesus was “moved with compassion” when people came to him with physical needs of all kinds. And he healed them all, showing that compassion is a prerequisite to spiritual healing. “Bible-inspired compassion” is also the basis for Christian Science nursing and healing (p. 16).
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April 18, 2011 issue
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Letters
Heidemarie Peschke, Ann Hightower, Rod Savoye, Paulette Watkins, Meg Cowan
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Living compassion
Maike Byrd, Staff Editor
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Women in Canada join in celebration of world day of prayer
Erika Glasberg
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Ways to give, despite the economy
Pamela Hawley
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To express eternal Life
Karen Bailey
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My search for harmony
Nellie Gitau
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Feeling rejected? God has a plan for you
By Walter Rodgers
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Offer your talent to the world
By Annette Kreutziger-Herr
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Inspired parenting
Mark Swinney
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Sigh for compassion
By Margaret Rogers
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Bible-inspired compassion
By Kathleen Collins
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Love for my neighbors
Molly Combs
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One day with the Lord (Got a minute?)
Gary Duke
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Getting it all done
By Annie Balang
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Project management
By Vivian Lindawan
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No back seats
By Chris Shoaf
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Yellowstone morning
Maurice Wildin
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Back pain healed
David Woodburn
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Fears during pregnancy overcome
Barbie Trapp
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Son healed of appendicitis
Rosemary C. da Gama Vaiano , Paulo da Gama Vaiano
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The simple side of loving your neighbor
The Editors