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Christ's Empathy for Us

I read an article called The Healing Power of Empathy, by Daniel Harrison in which he wrote: "This type of love [empathy] Jesus commands His followers to possess (John 15:12–14)—the type of love that, once it understands what another person is going through, actively seeks that person’s well-being." The healing power of empathy

The article was about cultivating empathy to heal the divides between people. What I took away was the significance of the snippet I quoted above. It prompted me to look up the passage from John 15, and I found the below, John 15: 1-13 to be very insightful as I read it with a new perspective.

Please read more at: * The Christian Empath: Christ's Empathy for Us

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