Our Compassionate God

<p>The winter night was cold when someone threw a large stone through a Jewish child&rsquo;s bedroom window. A star of David had been displayed in the window, along with a menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. In the child&rsquo;s town of Billings, Montana, thousands of people&mdash;many of them believers in Jesus&mdash;responded to the hateful act with compassion. Choosing to identify with the hurt and fear of their Jewish neighbors, they pasted pictures of menorahs in their own windows.</p> <p>As believers in Jesus, we too receive great compassion. Our Savior humbled Himself to live among us (John 1:14), identifying with us. He, &ldquo;being in very nature God . . . made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant&rdquo; on our behalf (Philippians 2:6&ndash;7). Then, feeling as we feel and weeping as we weep, He died on a cross, sacrificing His live to save ours.</p> <p>Nothing we struggle with is beyond our Savior&rsquo;s concern. If someone &ldquo;throws rocks&rdquo; at our lives, He comforts us. If life brings disappointments, He walks with us through despair. &ldquo;Though the&nbsp;<smallcaps>Lord&nbsp;</smallcaps>is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them&nbsp;from afar&rdquo; (Psalm 138:6). In our troubles, He preserves us, stretching out His hand against both &ldquo;the anger of [our] foes&rdquo; (v. 7) and our own deepest fears. Thank You, God, for Your compassionate love.</p>