Jesus does not sympathize from a distance. He does not put our burdens into a category and label is ‘one of those’ types. He does not have canned statements that we need to live up to, implying more guilt and shame when we don’t measure up. But on the contrary, He has personally experienced the worst circumstances life has to offer. He knows poverty and homelessness. He knows rejection, physical and emotional pain. He knows what it is like to be rejected and alone. We can approach Him with open arms because He close and present with us.
“The world is starving for a yearning love, a love that remembers instead of forsakes. A love that isn’t tied to our loveliness. A love that gets down underneath our messiness. A love that is bigger than the enveloping darkness we might be walking through even today. A love of which even the very best human romance is the faintest of whispers.” - Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
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