Jesus Knows Your Sorrow and Trouble
Do you find yourself all alone today, rejected by family and friends, living a life full of sorrow and troubles, because you have counted the cost of what it means to follow the Truth, and have stuck to the straight and narrow path and rejected the things that this world regards as valuable? Do you have enemies, perhaps members of your family, who continually criticize and attack you, because your decision to follow Christ and not participate in things that they do, infuriates them? That description definitely fits my life, and it is a constant struggle to not feel depressed and sad. What has helped me to understand my deep sorrow and constant troubles is to look at other members of society who are suffering much worse than me, castoffs of society, such as those who are in prison, or living on the streets, and are more alone and suffering far more than I am. In fact, the one person in history who probably lost the most and suffered the most, in ways that no other human being in history ever has, is Jesus Christ himself. Jesus knows your sorrow and troubles, because he experienced them too.