What about compassion?

My heart beats rapidly beneath my flesh, tucked deeply in my body, and my face does not change. I can hear them plea, asking for love, acceptance, forgiveness...and I still hold tightly to my calm facade. But inside...inside I'm dying.

I wonder what ever happened to compassion. That we can walk past a homeless person outside the grocery store with the only thought in our mind of telling a store employee of the person outside to have them removed. Instead of thinking, "What could have possibly brought them to this place of drunkeness and homelessness?"

What about compassion? What about love? What about lighting the way in the darkness? What about thinking of others more than yourself? What about giving? What about living love out loud?

Oh, Lord Jesus, may I be stronger in the area of compassion, not just for strangers but for those I see every day. May my heart be softened and may my eyes be opened and may I never miss an opportunity to show You, the best Lover, the One that defined love in such a way that I have peace in my soul knowing, without a doubt, that I am loved, even on my worst day. May I show this to others and never, never turn away from those that need compassion. May I be sensitive to the words You want me to speak and never, never be silent. May I always realize that there is a soul in each person that You truly love so deeply that I cannot even fathom the depths of Your love for them...only realize that it is as strong as Your love for me, a love so strong, passionate, and deep that I cannot fully realize the magnitude of it. And, let me be the light that You have placed in me in the darkest places of my life and the lives of others and let me be the salt that You given me. Let me be the compassionate hands that touch the lepers and that holds the broken, as You, Beloved, have held me. Shalom ve Ahava!