Love

"Without suffering, there can be no compassion."- A Walk To Remember

At numerous times in everyone's life, you will suffer. It sounds like a horrible thing, right? And when you do suffer I bet you think something like "Why me?" or "What did I do?" And maybe you didn't do anything at all, but it's merely a test of perseverance and faith. Sounds HORRIBLE. But what can make you appreciate everything good in life without pain and sorrow. How can you appreciate the birth of a child without death. That life brings what death had taken. How can you appreciate love without heartbreak of some sort? Love heals.

I know how hard it is too remember that there is something better in the midst of sorrow, because it feels like there is no way out. When it hurts, think of joy and nothing else. Hope is what keeps us alive, faith is what keeps us going. Never let go of that, ever. Once you do, pain encircles your life. I never want to see a person hurt, but that's where compassion comes in. When you see a little girl who scraped her knee, you don't walk by. You stop and see if you can do something, maybe even give her a band-aid. That is the reflection of God. Doing God's will is not always standing on street corners saying "REPENT!" or flat out telling people about Christ. When you help someone, they see love and love is God. It's in the stories of The Good Samaritan and of Jesus at the well with the Samaritan women. When you see someone hurt, be there for them. This is love, my friends.