{"id":9849,"date":"2022-03-14T12:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:06:17","slug":"ukrainian-compassion-is-a-lesson-for-world-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/ukrainian-compassion-is-a-lesson-for-world-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian compassion is the compass for world peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ukrainian compassion and strength is what the world needs now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Captured Russian soldier consoled by Ukrainian soldiers with a phone call to mom\/dailynationtoday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Love sweet love. Not weak love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be perfect in love, even with your enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a smart way to put the fire out of attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t incite enemies with revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Show mercy even as you defend yourself. Show mercy with strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Russian soldier surrendered and was treated with a hot sandwich and hot tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, the Ukrainian soldier calls and allows him to speak to his mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have heard that it was said, \u2018Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.\u2019 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” <\/strong>Matthew 5:43-45<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could this be the key to ending the war? Compassionate strength?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putin, on the other hand, has sealed the title, Despot of the 21st Century<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His slaughter of countless children and other civilians in Ukraine, many of whom are Russian-born, will crush the soul and spirit of his own countrymen and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Ukraine benefits from compassion from every corner of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surely, this emboldens soldiers to fight gallantly in the last stand<\/a> for their . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n