When the murky shadows of the everyday battles of life cause us to call out in the dark, the Savior will come and with him bring light. He knows our battles. He understands our fear and discouragement. His is the ultimate empathy. . . .
As we go through life we learn different ¨languages.¨ A single sister doesn´t feel much comfort from speaking about her situation to a mother with a home full of children. They don´t speak the same language. A young mother struggling with a teething baby won´t get much sympathy or empathy from her sixteen-year-old brother. He doesn´t speak her young mother language. That young mother can give sympathy to a middle-aged mother struggling with a delinquent son, but a mother who has been through the same experience actually speaks the same language and can offer so much more. . . .
Our Savior felt the pain of our everyday battles in the Garden of Gethsemane. He felt every fear, discouragement, every single hurt the adversary can throw at us. I don´t know how he did it. I only know that he somehow individually felt and fought every single one of my battles, and every single one of your battles. He did so that he would know exactly how to comfort and succor us. The Atonement allowed him to understand all of our languages. ~Bette S. Molgard
