Being for someone should never look like justification or simply wanting that person to feel comfortable and 100% happy all the time. (Jesus came that we might have life- abundantly- He never promised happiness. Life is not always happy, but He offers His peace and joy even when it's not.)
Being for someone looks like exhortation, encouragement, challenging their strengths and weaknesses, dealing out hard truth where they may want sugarcoated validation...
True- revolutionary- empathy won't just stop at empathy.
You, as the empathetic connection, need to then offer up -from a place of championship and love- your bigger picture perspective; don't just enter someone's box of feeling and leave them there...come in with intentional purpose to better understand how to help lead them from it to a place of fresh perspective and growth.
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