Compassion of a 5 year old

We recently watched “Blindside.” Our daughter was in bed and Elijah (Our 5 year old boy) sat on the couch next to Eli and watched very intently, about 30 minutes into the movie I happened to glance at Elijah, thinking he was asleep, only to realize he was full of tears. His little eyes were red with puffyness and we proceeded to ask him whats wrong. Elijah told us he was upset, he didn’t understand why ‘Michael’ didn’t have a home or a family. My heart broke as I realized the amount of sincere concern for Elijah had for ‘Michael.’ My first thought of course was, ‘maybe he shouldn’t be watching this.’ But God was quick to remind me to use this situation to teach Elijah. So we began to tell Elijah that there are people like ‘Michael’ who do not have homes, and are hungry and cold. His little heart broke. Than Eli told Elijah that this new family was goin to help him and give him food and a place to live, which seemd to bring Elijah to some amount of peace.

We continued to watch the movie now with Elijah’s little compassionate heart in mind. When it came to the part where none of the kids were friendly to ‘Michael’ and he sat by himself, Elijah begin to tear up again- he couldn’t even talk his heart borke so bad for ‘Michael.’ And he began to asked us why ‘Michael’ didn’t have any friends? We took this oppurtunity this time to tell Elijah that is why it is very important we don’t judge or mistreat people, we don’t know their stories, where they come from, or even that fact they are hurting.

Again, Elijah was completely heart broken when ‘Michaels’ new mom found his biological mom and we discussed with Elijah how people make bad choices and than are not able to care for their families, that it is important to be reminded of the blessing that God gave us with a home, food and cloths- the Needs, not the Wants. Elijah had the hardest time understanding how a Mom didn't want her son- he is fortunate enough to having loving parents and reality to a 5 year old- not every kid has that.

I experienced Christ love and compassion Friday night through my 5 year old son. God calls us, his children to:
Matthew 25:40-45 (The Message)

37-40"Then those 'sheep' are going to say, 'Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?' Then the King will say, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.'

41-43"Then he will turn to the 'goats,' the ones on his left, and say, 'Get out, worthless goats! You're good for nothing but the fires of hell. And why? Because—

I was hungry and you gave me no meal,
I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
I was homeless and you gave me no bed,
I was shivering and you gave me no clothes,
Sick and in prison, and you never visited.'

44"Then those 'goats' are going to say, 'Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or homeless or shivering or sick or in prison and didn't help?'

45"He will answer them, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.'

My 5 year put a new prespective on this lesson for me. I saw the heart break and the compassion that I know Jesus has for the ‘least of these for me’ Lord break my heart and continue to pour out your passion in my life so I may see you in all