{"id":6921,"date":"2022-11-25T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2022-09-10T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:37:22","slug":"sympathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/sympathy\/","title":{"rendered":"SYMPATHY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Daniel 1:1-2:23 ESV<\/a>, 1 Peter 3:8-4:6 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 119:65-80 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 28:14 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cFinally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy<\/em>, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.\u201d (1 Peter 3:8 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUMPATHES (4835): <\/strong>\u201cHaving a fellow-feeling, mutually commiserative: having compassion.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mutually commiserative.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Christ’s followers, we should agree we should exude the qualities in today\u2019s verse.  Showing sympathy and brotherly love towards everyone we meet should become a usual way of life.  Asking God to keep our hearts tender and minds humble will help us show those qualities to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling or expressing sympathy towards someone means putting yourself in their place and imagining what they feel.  No one can truly understand someone else\u2019s pain unless they\u2019ve experienced the exact same thing as the individual.  But we can try to understand their feelings of sorrow and express compassion to people in distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Express compassion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sympathizing with someone means expressing compassion to them through words or actions.  When my husband\u2019s knee bothered him, I expressed sympathy by sitting with him when he couldn\u2019t do everyday activities, getting him ice bags, and serving him, so he wouldn\u2019t have to move.  Similarly, if I\u2019m sick, my husband takes care of me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sympathizing with someone lets them know that someone shares their pain with them.  Simple actions, like sending a card or cooking a meal, can lighten someone\u2019s heart and make them feel better in their pit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has pain in their life we can\u2019t see.  People respond to the world around them from their hurts, trying to protect themselves from further harm.  When we express compassion, they let their guard down, allowing their hearts to soften and receive God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Become known for your compassion and sympathy towards others.  If someone\u2019s actions hurt you, before concluding, remind yourself that they have pain too.  Hurting people hurt others, often unintentionally.  Allow God\u2019s grace and mercy to flow through you to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus lived His life sharing brotherly love and sympathy towards others.  Christ exemplified a tender heart and humble mind.  As followers of Him, we should do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 238) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Daniel 1:1-2:23 ESV, 1 Peter 3:8-4:6 ESV, Psalm 119:65-80 ESV, Proverbs 28:14 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cFinally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.\u201d (1 Peter 3:8 ESV) SUMPATHES (4835): \u201cHaving a fellow-feeling, mutually commiserative: having compassion.\u201d[1] Mutually commiserative. As Christ’s followers, we should agree… Continue reading SYMPATHY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6929,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions\/6929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}