I think the most useful point Selwyn makes, is this: “As a listener, when you respond with empathy, what is the effect on the other person? They realise that you are listening to them with your full attention, and really trying to understand them. Such attentive caring is both a great compliment and a precious gift, because you are treating that person as important, and showing that they are worth your time.”
A better way to say ‘that they are worth your time’, is to say that by our actions that we, by following the example of Jesus, love them unconditionally. It’s not that they are worth our time, but they are loved by God – and he demonstrates His love though our actions: Our time is worth nothing if it is not lived for the glory of God!
What’s your view?
Caring is being known
I think the most useful point Selwyn makes, is this: “As a listener, when you respond with empathy, what is the effect on the other person? They realise that you are listening to them with your full attention, and really trying to understand them. Such attentive caring is both a great compliment and a precious gift, because you are treating that person as important, and showing that they are worth your time.”
A better way to say ‘that they are worth your time’, is to say that by our actions that we, by following the example of Jesus, love them unconditionally. It’s not that they are worth our time, but they are loved by God – and he demonstrates His love though our actions: Our time is worth nothing if it is not lived for the glory of God!
What’s your view?