Simply put, compassion is feeling the hurts and needs of others and desiring to do something about it. It's feeling what others feel. Compassion hurts because other people hurt.
The following picture is one more reason I have compassion for impoverished nations and global missions:
1. She is obviously malnourished - her ribs are visible.
2. She has no clothes - she's too poor.
3. She is about to die - the vulture is waiting for it.
4. Most of America is sitting on its couch, having no regard for or no idea of the poverty faced across the globe. This need could be met easily by just one person in this country.
I came across this picture last week, and it broke my heart. We need to wake up and become radically compassionate.
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