In Compassion, There is Hope

Based on the principle "The value of a single human life is as the value of the entire world," there is no person who is Unworthy, and there is no person who is Unreachable.

"In Compassion, there is Hope."

Compassion is not the same as forgiveness; for forgiveness, as it is usually taught, both discounts a victim's experience and anguish, and also relieves a perpetrator of his accountability-- both of which diminish the quality of Human life.

Compassion, however, is to recognize the broken soul-- not to let a wrongdoer 'off the hook,' but to extend to him the forms of help which God extended to all of us when we, too, were in darkness.

In Compassion, there is Hope-- at its best, for healing; but at the very least, to acknowledge the value of each and every Human life.

To intercede for those whose minds are in darkness is to Sustain, and to bring them to This Day--

To reach out, in a Godly way of unconditional love and acceptance to those who appear unreachable;

To sustain by helping them to find and to have hope;

To help bring them to this day of free will and conscience: the understanding of the connection between free will and responsibility, that whatever the course of one's life thusfar, the present day presents challenges, and the hope which accompanies these challenges;

To "Cast away from you all of your transgressions, and make within you a new heart and a new spirit." (Ez. 18:31)

In the words of Mother Teresa: "loving as He loves, helping as He helps, giving as He gives, serving as He serves, rescuing as He rescues;" this should be the theme and the path of all who claim to be serving God. As we are instructed to "bear ye one another's burdens" (Gal. 6:2) we do not have, nor should we wish to have, the option of dismissing it as "someone else's problem" or thinking it is somehow our place to distinguish between who is and who is not worthy of such assistance; as God's help is granted to all, we are to follow His lead in doing the same. "the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God." (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)

As one of our most popular prayers of thanksgiving states "Thank you, Lord our God-- for Creating us, for Sustaining us, and for Bringing us to This Day," we are commanded to honor Him by expressing compassion for and extending help to all of our brothers and sisters who are in need. And for each Human soul which we recognize as being in darkness and absent of hope, it is our place to step in, to reach out, and to serve God by serving others.