Episode 262: Eyes Of Empathy

‘Eyes Of Empathy’ – by Jeff Cinquemani

Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman at the well, and the man who sat paralyzed by a superstitious pool—each time Jesus looks into their questions and poses another question that digs deep into the real issue. As a way of showing us to look beyond the surface, Jesus teaches us to see a new perspective, perhaps to find a better understanding. He asks us to empathize, and there is no better example of Jesus' empathy than in Matthew 19. Here he creates a new view of what it might look like if his disciples looked at life from a different set of eyes—eyes of empathy.

One of our #WholeLifeTakeAways for this week and last week’s #IceBreaker question for The Loop asked: When you think about someone who you've been able to confide in or someone with whom you've felt safe, what was it about them that made you feel that way?

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