So I was reading through a blog that was recommended to me. [Check it out here: http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog] The point of the blog is to answer questions that are related to spiritual direction. I was just browsing through when I came across a post that really spoke to me. It concerned suffering and how Jesus related to us in our pain. The answer was simple: "Jesus suffers with us."
Jesus suffers with us. Just think about the depth of love behind that fact. Jesus created us out of His immense love. Then, when we turned our backs on Him, He became man and died on the cross out of love for us. He welcomes us back every time we wound Him again by sin through the loving sacrament of confession. But beyond all of that, He suffers our pain with us! How incredible is this love!
Think for a minute how many of your friends hurt for you when you are hurting? How many can you even trust with the reality of your pain? If you are very blessed, you have a few people who love you this much. But Jesus does more than that. He suffers with us. He doesn't just feel for us, He doesn't just comfort us. He bears the burden with us. He cries when we cry. He grieves the losses we grieve.
As I'm coming down off a retreat high, I'm missing the closeness I had with Him. Yet knowing He is missing that same closeness too makes it better. When I cry over lost friendships, He sheds tears too. It is more than that He suffered in His earthly life, He is sharing my suffering now. In this moment.
How can I not fall more in love with Him?
"Knowing He is missing that same closeness too makes it better."
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