Have Compassion during Trouble!
I have been reading an amazing book called, Side by Side by: Edward T. Welch. It has been an amazing book that has encouraged me. But one of my favorite chapter is a chapter called: Have Compassion during Trouble. It gave me a new insight and I thought I would share the chapter with you too. I hope you enjoy Edward T. Welch's words. :) Have Compassion during Trouble "We move toward others. We greet them We have short but meaningful conversations. We gradually discover what is important to them. We being to pray for them. We see the good. We like them. We enjoy them. WE have longer conversations. We continue to pray for them. Those ordinary steps are reminders of how to be a friend rather than profound insights about helping. We all can do them. They are east and ordinary. The risk is that their very ordinariness might cause us to judge them as second-rate ways to care for one another. But the truth is that following these steps is powerful...