The other day the city of Paris experienced a terrible loss. The Notre- Dame cathedral, considered the Lady of Paris suffered a horrific fire. The roof and the central spire fell into the nave. It was a loss that was felt around the world, not just by the French people.
As with the skyline of New York when it was forever changed in 2001, the city of Paris has experienced a similar devastation. Thankfully, unlike what American’s experienced with loss of life, the Parisians were not under a terriost attack.
Human beings are sympathetic by nature, this being very obvious, when we can from afar relate to the loss that others are living through. Loss of life is the most extreme, but we can understand loss of livelihood, loss of homes, and as in this case the loss of a national treasure. We come together to stand with those experiencing a personal loss, and in doing so it becomes our loss, too!
Why are we able to relate to those that experience loss? Do you suppose it is because we have the heart of our Father in heaven? I do! I carry my Father’s heart and it is His compassion for others that I experience as I look upon them. In fact, the more I can understand the heart of the Father the more I can reach out to people who need to know their Creator’s heart for them.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 CSB Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
Lamentations 3:22-24 NKJV Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”