Some days the world seems to want to squeeze us all into the same mold. Do we find ourselves eager to be like everyone else and use the right toothpaste, wear the right clothes, drive the right cars, have the same perspectives on success, and the same desires? Do we fear to be different? Are we so afraid of rejection that we cave to the pressure of the world? Do we want to be like everyone else, fearful to make changes for fear of being weird or out of fashion?
We long for acceptance and connection with others, but deep in our souls, we know we are created for more than conformity and compliance. We long to discover who we are meant to be. It is only in our relationship with Christ that we discover all we are created to be. It is only in this relationship, as we are empowered to use the gifts He gave us, that we become individuals with compassionate hearts. We can learn to have hearts that look to care for another that makes us counter-cultural to the world’s culture of self-centeredness. As Christ progressively makes us like Him, we develop hearts of compassion. It
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