Radical Compassion

God has truly blessed me with compassion. I LOVE people. I love helping people, hurting people, mean people, nice people.. I think you get the picture! I want to pursue a career that has constant interaction with people. I think having radical compassion means loving and helping the people that you may not want to love. To show unconditional love to your enemies and the ones who hurt you. I honestly didn't really even know what this TRULY was until tonight. Isn't it cool how God works?!? My uncle doesn't have the best reputation. He has for sure messed up plenty of times in his life. He has done things to his own family that you would never imagine. After walking out of our lives for several years he came back yesterday to pay a ticket he had to take care of. I thought I would be resentful and I was kind of holding a grudge in my heart, as was my sister. My sisters feelings pretty much stayed and didn't change. I thought I'd be the same way but the second I saw my uncle.. I can't even explain the emotions I felt. It was like the prodigals son story but actually IN my life. It was so cool. My uncle greeted me with a tight long hug with the same husky smell and deep voice he had when he left. All the thoughts of being mad at him, completely left my mind and I was just filled with this love for him and I just wanted to talk to him all night long, and I did! He has completely changed his life around in Alaska and has been sober for 18 months. He shared with us his hopes and dreams and plans and I found myself so excited for him! God truly, truly helped me and changed my heart when I approached my uncle. Radical compassion is forgetting about the way the world says we should feel towards people and what the devil wants us to feel - and loving like Jesus Christ. I want to always have radical compassion and love others always. I want to make a difference in peoples lives and show them love and that I'm willing to help them in every way I can. But I really need to change this "want" and make it a will..