A few weeks ago, in church I had some thoughts.
We were talking about... actually, I have no idea what the topic was! Anyway, empathy came up and I started thinking "why do we, as humans reach out to others when we are struggling? Why do we crave this? Why do we reach out to certain types of people verses others?" Those were my thoughts. As the day went on I realized that we crave others who empathize. Even when someone hasn't been through our exact situation we crave people who can sit with us and feel with us. This idea makes me want always be aware and always improve on empathy. We, as mortal humans, NEED to feel understood and heard and loved and accepted and HEARD. We NEED to know that we are not alone.
Which took me to some deeper thoughts, about the atonement.
Why was it so vital ***SO VITAL*** for Christ to suffer and FEEL every single emotion, pain, regret, betrayal, ETC... that we feel? That I feel?
And it hit me, EMPATHY! We, as children of God, need to know that someone, even ONE SINGLE PERSON has felt EXACTLY how we have felt, how we do feel. That is one of many reasons why Christ had to endure and suffer, so that I wouldn't feel alone.
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| He is always with us. We are never alone. |
(and yes, I am writing during a boring Gospel Doctrine lesson!!)
