Quotes about Compassion

Scripture never looks down on the sufferer, it never mocks his pain, it never turns a deaf ear to his cries, and it never condemns him for his struggle. It presents to the sufferer a God who understands, who cares, who invites us to come to him for help, and who promises one day to end all suffering of any kind once and forever. Because of this, the Bible, while being dramatically honest about suffering, is at the same time gloriously hopeful.

Humility is the soil in which mercy for others grows.

Yes, we all get the same mercy, but it doesn't come to all of us in the same size and shape. God knows who you are, where you are, and what you're facing, and in the majestic combination of divine knowledge, power, and compassion, he meets you with just the right mercies for the moment.

Grace is only ever attractive to sinners.

Now, if these people are not the focus and object of ministry, then what is ministry?

We bask in God's grace but throw the law at others. We're

let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

You are most loving, patient, kind, and gracious when you are aware that there is no truth that you could give to another that you don't desperately need yourself.

It's pointless to blame someone for being themselves and looking to their own interests.

Love that cares, listens.

There is no love which does not become help.

We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.