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Why is it so hard to show compassion? It is so much easier to react to someone with sympathy over truly taking it to heart and responding with compassion. Today I dive into what the differences are between sympathy, empathy and compassion and I talk about the compassion that is show by Naomi, Ruth and Boaz in the book of Ruth.

Scripture references:

Colossians 3:12 NIV

Isaiah 54:9-10 ESV

Ruth 1:16-18 ESV

Ephesians 4:32 NIV

Reference for article I talked about:

Sinclair, Shane et al. “Sympathy,empathy, and compassion: A grounded theory study of palliative care patients'understandings, experiences, and preferences.” Palliative medicine vol. 31,5 (2017): 437-447.doi:10.1177/0269216316663499

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269216316663499

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