September 8, 2026
To Suffer With
Do you know where the word “compassion” comes from? It comes from the Latin com, which means “with,” and passio, “to suffer.” “To suffer with” is compassion. Jesus manifests to us that God is a God who suffers with all of us. There is no human suffering in you or anyone else in the world that has not been suffered by God. Consolation begins with this knowing. God is suffering all human suffering.
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
- Isaiah 53: 4
Reflection Question: How can you remind yourself of God's suffering when you're struggling today, and how can you take comfort in knowing that?
