Been There, Done That

We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with ourweaknesses, but...we have one (Jesus, the Son of God) who has been temptedin every way, just as we are - Hebrews 4:15I was waving my arm back and forth underwater, hoping theweightlessness and buoyancy of the pool would help heal the tendonitis."Inthe past, my husband has suffered with arthritic problems in his shouldersand elbows. He would wince when turning a certain way, even in his sleep. Ibelieved him, that it really hurt. I couldn’t understand it though.

I can no longer say that, thanks to the trimming of the banana tree. Thedead leaves kept getting droopier, so one morning I got out the long-handledclippers. Intrepidly, I tackled my project. Somehow I forgot about bananaleaves being made of incredibly strong, fibrous material not unlike nylon.I had a good grip, twisted my forearm, and pop! I could feel the burningsensation.

It is true, you can’t understand a person until you’ve walked in his shoes.Nor can you, I think, truly trust him unless he’s ‘been there, done that’.In the Bible, it says Jesus understands everything about us. Everything.If that is so, then he has experienced all that we have. As I ponderedthis, the thought crossed my mind, “ I don’t think so. He lived a long timeago and there’s no way he’s gone through what I have.”

Then different stories from the bible came to mind. I thought how Jesus wasshunned and rejected by not only strangers, but also by people he knew well.He was misunderstood continually, and misrepresented. He felt sadness,sorrow, and he grieved. He hurt and he got angry. He loved his mom,family, parties, his buddies. He was, at times, tempted to do wrong,confused and unsure. And often he talked things over with his Father.

If each time there’s a twinge of pain, my memory is jogged to recall that wehave a Saviour who’s “been there, done that” and I can trust Him, it willhave been more than worth it.

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