Does God feel our pain?
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Personal Response by Bethany
Does God feel our pain?
God really does feel and understand our pain! Jesus Christ, through the Atonement, not only suffered for our sins but also suffered our pains, sicknesses, and sorrows. He understands perfectly everything we experience here on earth. Through his love and compassion, He will and does help us with our problems and challenges we face.
When I was sixteen years old I was in an automobile accident that would have been fatal, if not for the saving graces of a truly loving Heavenly Father. I suffered many external and internal injuries that left me in and out of the hospital for quite some time. During my quiet moments when I was alone, I thought “Why me?” I didn’t understand why this horrible thing had happened and I felt sad and depressed. No one I knew could relate, and I felt very alone. However, it was also in those quiet moments at a later time as I was reading the scriptures that I knew there was one person who did know what I was going through, because He had suffered all. It was then that I knew I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself. What happened did happen, and there was nothing I could do to take it back. I then knew there were things that my Heavenly Father wanted me to learn from the whole experience. He wanted to help me grow and progress, and the only way I could have was by first changing my attitude. (more…)