Compassion

Compassion as seeing clearly

A macro lens function allows you to look closely, see the detail, and pause long enough to appreciate the subject. That's true whether an Apple phone is used, or a heart fitted with imagination, lit by compassion and the capacity to see clearly the person in front of us.

Perhaps, compassion is the macro lens through which we are to see each person, viewed with imaginative compassion, appreciating the unique miracle that is the human person in front of us.

"Jesus looked, and had compassion..." The Gospel writers record that look often enough - it was clearly Jesus' usual way of seeing.

Grace and peace,

Anita Sorenson

Pastor for Spiritual Formation