Sympathy VS Compassion

[Bendito]

Sympathy is not in the Bible but Compassion is mentioned 39 times in the Word. Did you ever notice that?

Sympathy by itself is pretty much worthless emotion. It does nobody any good...
Compassion, on the other hand, is feeling the other persons hurt and doing something to alleviate it. When somebody shares their pain with you, you can either feel bad for them or you can help them out. Is it foolish or silly to share with them what they need to do to come out of their situation a winner? I think not.
What about you? Would you prefer to simply feel bad for them and feed their desire for sympathy or would you prefer to show them the way out? Me? I trashed sympathy years ago.

 

[Wired 4 Fishen]

Sympathy is not in the Bible but Compassion is mentioned 39 times in the Word. Did you ever notice that?

Sympathy by itself is pretty much worthless emotion. It does nobody any good...
Compassion, on the other hand, is feeling the other persons hurt and doing something to alleviate it. When somebody shares their pain with you, you can either feel bad for them or you can help them out. Is it foolish or silly to share with them what they need to do to come out of their situation a winner? I think not.
What about you? Would you prefer to simply feel bad for them and feed their desire for sympathy or would you prefer to show them the way out? Me? I trashed sympathy years ago.

Amen!!
Even Christians want to be babied and told only what they want to hear so as to make them FEEL good and then call it encouragement.

That's devilish and most dangerous. Feelings have nothing to do with a Spirit Filled believer BUT IT IS one of the big and easiest areas satan gets in.

Encouragement should be to be built up, strengthened and equipped to overcome and full of Biblical Faith Filled Hope.

Blessings