everyone needs compassion...

Everyone does need compassion--such a true statement. We need to feel loved, special, cared for, needed, etc.  Having compassion for the little children in pictures or on tv who are homeless, hungry, without parents, etc. is easy for me. My heart is truly burdened for those children.  Yet, sometimes I catch myself lacking that same compassion for some children I see each week come through the doors of our church.  I think what is wrong with some of these kids. I don't always show compassion towards them. I lose sight of who they are and what they may be going through. I don't always have a clue as to what those precious gifts may have endured that day. I forget that they don't all have loving parents in their lives. I forget that they don't all have someone to hug them and tell them how special they are. Psalm 139:14 reminds us that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made. Each and every child is special---God made them unique.  Children are a gift from God and as examples in their lives we are responsible for showing them how loved and special they are. My prayer is that each of my children that I come into contact through church will know how much I love them and that they will not forget that, but even more that they will know that Jesus loves them with an incomprehensible love. A love that is so great, pure, and true. He, himself, showed the greatest act of compassion ever given when He died on that cross for me and you.