From:Scriptures and Meditations for Your Best Life Now By:Joel Osteen

Keep An Open Heart

Live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
1 Peter 3:8

If anyone...sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him?
1 John 3:17 AMP

Everywhere you go these days people are hurting and discouraged; many have broken dreams. They've made mistakes; their lives are in a mess. They need to feel God's compassion and His unconditional love. They don't need somebody to judge and criticize them. They need somebody to bring hope, to bring healing, to show God's mercy. Really, they are looking for a friend, somebody who will be there to encourage them, who will take the time to listen to their story and genuinely care.

Our world is crying out for people with compassion, people who love unconditionally, people who will take some time to help their fellow sojourners on this planet. Certainly, when God created us, He put His supernatural love in all of our hearts. He's placed in you the potential to have a kind, caring, gentle, loving spirit. Because you are created in God's image, you have the moral capacity to experience God's compassion in your heart.

If you want to live your best life now, you must make sure that you keep your heart of compassion open. We need to be on the lookout for people we can bless. We need to be willing to be interrupted and inconvenienced if it means we can help meet somebody else's need. You have the opportunity to make a difference in that person's life. You must learn to follow that love. Don't ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.

THIS WORLD IS DESPERATE TO EXPERIENCE THE LOVE AND COMPASSION OF OUR GOD.