In the wake of Trump's presidency, there has been an uproar of Conservative Christians calling people "crybabies." This is partly due to the overwhelming news coverage of college students who needed some counseling to deal with the stress of a Trump presidency. Many right-wing news channels (like Fox News) and reporters immediately hopped on the "stop whining, get over it" train, telling students to just deal with it, and not at all being compassionate or comforting towards these people. The "crybaby" name-calling is now being used to describe all liberals, mostly on social media websites like Facebook and Twitter.

A large portion, I'm sure you know them, are Christians. A lot of social media-active Christians are telling liberals to just "get over" and stop "whining". That's their attitude. But, what does the bible say about what our attitude should be towards people who feel sorrowful?

"Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep." - Romans 12:15

It doesn't say, "If you're on the rejoicing side, rejoice and then tell the weeping people to stop weeping." IS it wrong to feel happy about you candidate winning? Of course not. Is it wrong to shame those who are upset? YES!

These are some of the Facebook posts that are going around right now:

Is this how you want the world to view Jesus? Because your attitude should reflect who Christ is. Would Jesus go around telling people to shut up and stop crying? Or would he breathe life and scripture to those who are feeling low?

"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. " - Romans 12:16

This does not say "ignore the lowly". This says "associate with the lowly". How do we associate with the lowly? Show your compassion. Does compassion mean agreeing with everything they say or do? Of course not. It means being a helping hand, a shoulder to cry on, and a fierce prayer warrior that prays for the comfort of those who are in mourning. Listen to them. Open your ears. Be slow to speak. Don't be a wolf attacking every word they say or every action they do.

Now your argument might be "But they act ugly and disrespectful to us! Why should we give them any respect at all?"

"Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all." - Romans 12:17

If you're like me, you have a problem with being compassionate towards people and giving them a break. I have wrote about 2 paragraphs for this article that were not very tasteful and had to delete them because I knew it was pride talking instead of God's compassion. My advice is to just ask God to search you and give you strength. Ask him to reveal what you're doing wrong, and how you could do better. Ask him for strength to work on those things. This should be our prayer always, but I think it is especially important for this situation.

So I challenge you to scroll down Facebook, Twitter, whatever, and try your hardest to understand people. Not just your side, but the other side also. Understanding doesn't mean agreeing, it's just one step towards peace.