Our Daily Bread Devotional 28 November 2023 – ODB Today | The Skill of Compassion
You are reading today’s Our Daily Bread, ODB devotional titled The Skill of Compassion for today Tuesday 28 November 2023. This message will boost your daily spiritual walk with God.
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Our Daily Bread Today Bible Verse
Be devoted to one another in love . . . joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. – Romans 12:10–12
Today’s Scripture: Romans 12:9–21
INSIGHT || Our Daily Bread Devotional 28 November 2023 – ODB Today | The Skill of Compassion
“A thorn has entered your foot—that is why you weep at times at night,” wrote Catherine of Sienna in the fourteenth century. She continued, “There are some in this world who can pull it out. The skill that takes they have learned from [God].” Catherine devoted her life to cultivating that “skill,” and is still remembered today for her remarkable capacity for empathy and compassion for others in their pain.
That image of pain as a deeply embedded thorn that requires tenderness and skill to remove lingers with me. It’s a vivid reminder of how complex and wounded we are, and of our need to dig deeper to develop true compassion for others and ourselves.
Or, as the apostle Paul describes it, it’s an image that reminds us that loving others like Jesus does requires more than good intentions and well-wishes—it requires being “devoted to one another” (Romans 12:10), “joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (v. 12). It requires being willing to not only “rejoice with those who rejoice” but to “mourn with those who mourn” (v. 15). It requires all of us.
In a broken world, none of us escape unwounded—hurt and scars are deeply embedded in each of us. But deeper still is the love we find in Christ; love tender enough to draw out those thorns with the balm of compassion, willing to embrace both friend and enemy (v. 14) to find healing together. By: Monica La Rose
Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 33–34, 1 Peter 5
Reflect & Pray:
When have you experienced the healing power of compassion? How can you cultivate a community of healing
Loving God, thank You for Your compassion. Help me to love others like that.
Thank you for reading today’s Our Daily Bread Devotional 28 November 2023 – ODB Today titled The Skill of Compassion. God bless you.
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