Jesus Is Compassionate.  Are You?

As the Lord is growing me in grace, He is showing me how grace and compassion are intertwined.  Jesus is compassionate.  Are you?  Christ has been so gracious toward us, but we are often so hard on others.  We must extend compassion to others, just as Jesus has extended compassion to us. We are only able to extend grace to others when we are compassionate toward them and their situation.  So often, instead of being compassionate, we criticize.  We have gotten so hard that instead of empathizing, we simply judge.  We talk about why people got themselves into situations instead of praying for them, helping when we can. Jesus is…