COMPASSIONATE

The 2nd Sunday in Christmastide

ISAIAH 58:10 (MSG)
If you are generous with the hungry
and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,
Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,
your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.

LUKE 6:36 (CEB)
Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
You'll shine when your life reflects the compassion of God.

PRAYER
Kind and merciful God, thank you for the grace extended to us through Christ Jesus. Thank you for taking care of us each day -- for the food, the place, the fellowship. I confess that I easily get so wrapped up in maintaining my little world that I don't really see those around me who are in need. Open my eyes to the hungry and the down-and-out. Give me a heart filled with compassion and the practical wisdom needed to apply that compassion. I'm not going to focus on what is out of my control but on what I can do in your name. Amen.