Compassion is central to the Christian understanding of God. Compassion implies the capacity to enter into places of pain, to “weep with those who weep,” according to the Apostle Paul, who was central both to the early conception of Christianity and to the idea of its underpinning in compassion. In the Gospels, we repeatedly read of the compassion of Jesus for those suffering physically and emotionally, for those “harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” During times of sorrow and times of tears, when it feels like we’re “being broken on the wheels of living,”, there is great comfort in believing God empathizes with our suffering, having entered into … Continue reading Compassion (Christian God)