I met a girl recently that was in a serious car accident, she has
lasting injuries. When people see her,
they feel compassion for her, due to her injuries. They should.
Her pain is evident, you can see it.
I’ve also been in a serious car accident, I have no injuries.
Both of us lost our parents in the car accidents. The pain we have from this loss is not
evident when looking at us. We don’t
wear a sign that says “I’m hurting over this great loss!”
Many times you will see a clearly disheveled person and think to
yourself that person has pain, they have to, or so you think. But then you see a lively, seemingly happy go
lucky weatherman named Don Harmon on the news and you think, “He’s got it all
together and he is so happy!”
We all know what happened to Don Harmon, he committed suicide. He was dying on the inside, he was full of
pain. The turmoil overcame him so fully
that he made the unthinkable decision to leave his young daughter and wife
behind. Most people could not see his
pain, he hid it incredibly well.
Don’t ever think you can tell how happy or sad a person is just by
appearances. Just because a person has a
physical ailment doesn’t mean they aren’t happy and just because a person is
smiling and happy-go-lucky doesn’t mean they really are.
So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But
letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.
Lord, help me to be
compassionate to everyone I meet, help me to understand the pain some people
may be experiencing even if I don’t understand their pain.
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