Empathy

Empathy 

Empathy, it is much more than just understanding another’s feelings, 

It is entering into another's feelings, and becoming a part of them, in love,

By being there for them to help and encourage as the need be in their time of need. 

It makes accessible compassion’s pathway between, and structures the bridge of caring, 

That joins the heart of one to the heart of another, in their time of need.

Through feelings felt, built of the circumstances of life, that both identify with, 

Experienced feelings, shared feelings, wrapped together, 

By the present feelings felt by the one in need 

And the past feelings remembered by the other, there in their time of need, 

Bridged and bound together as one, 

That brings comfort and encouragement to not only the one in need, to the mender as well. 

Memories filled with feelings, they are either good or bad, 

For the ones in between daily touch, wrap, and bind together all life. 

Memories are feelings self-hidden within, 

Because of the nature of the feelings felt, that built them, 

For one either wants to remember and build life in them,

Or the pains from the feelings of the past are far too great to release and bear again. 

Feelings come from Life Experiences; they are either good or bad, 

The good build the soul and encourages one to face life, God’s way, each day, 

By His Grace, in Love for one another, as one follows Christ in faith's belief, 

To build life’s happiness daily within with His Integrity of Character 

By reading, hearing, and taking within the teachings of the Word. 

The Holy Spirit teaches of Him and guides the Way 

And keeps the path of life straight,

With the thoughts built of feelings that build good memories 

As one endures life’s trials and tribulations, 

Until Eternity's Day, one stands before God as one in Christ. 

The Holy Spirit keeps the path open between you and Him, 

Because He felt your feelings then, and now within both you and Him, 

That day upon the Cross of Calvary when Jesus paid the price for all sins, once and for all. 

Those feelings built of empathy's sharing resurface in you for Him from time to time,

As you remember and look upon the empty Cross,

And His taking of them, the price He paid, that day, to forever be as one in Him! 

The bad feelings release nothing to build or encourage, 

For they are built and wrapped with only the feelings of deep despair, hurt or loss, 

Wrapped in Satan's price, that builds indifference and dislike, 

His type of life in the dark of the past, hate, to control the soul, 

While he tears at the heart with sadness and remorse 

From the feelings locked and hidden within and lost to the past. 

Both, the good and bad, are released from time to time, to be felt and lived again therein, 

Endured in the past, uncovered, and viewed again, 

Bury the bad at the foot of the Cross and ask for forgiveness. 

Remember this, if you remember nothing else, 

All feelings within of the past, they will allow you to reach out to those in need today, 

To share, help, and mend another's heart within God’s way, 

He will heal and build them for tomorrow’s day from within as He heals you! 

Always, reach out to help, touch, and encourage another by sharing their load in life,

Especially, those facing or have faced life's loss, no matter what, 

For God has sent you to them, for you know as they 

The feelings of their deep despair built of the hurt or loss they have within them! 

Just knowing that another is there and cares enough in their time of need, 

That has endured life's hurt or loss as they! 

Caring starts the healing process and Love builds them stronger 

From the inside out, to face tomorrow's day, 

For God had planned, when He created man, in His Wisdom, 

In understanding built the heart within, and in God's way, 

That allows them to face life, 

To heal and build again, over time, anew from within to without, 

The soul of another to reach out, live, and face life again, 

In addition, in time to reach out and heal the soul of yet another, 

For God in His Wisdom has planned, 

And placed Empathy’s Love in the Heart of Man,

To guide you Home to Him. 

Lord, guide and build me to share and care for all in Your Name each day,

Martin Lee Vance

10/8/2012