Reading today in C.S. Lewis. He uses an analogy for coming to Christ of moving from the hallway (place of waiting) into a room (place of relationship where there are chairs, meals, and fires). Then he writes these words, "When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more, and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the house rules common to the whole house." - Mere Christianity, Preface.

These words scream to me humility, grace, and compassion. We may be tempted to be combative with those who have chosen a different path, a different belief system as we have. We may be tempted to argue in order to justify our choice and why we are right and they are wrong. But, this is not following the rules of the house of which we claim to be a part. He is no hero who shows grace and compassion to those we like and like us. True grace and compassion is shown to those who don't show it to us and whom it is difficult to like. Lest we forget, grace is unmerited favor, and it is only grace when we express it to people who do not deserve it, as we ourselves do not.

So who is in your life right now where you have an opportunity to show true grace and compassion?