God Understands!
"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in
all points tempted as we are, yet without sin."
Hebrews 4: 15
Most parents of teenagers have heard the following in a
moment of tension: “Mom/Dad, you just don’t understand!”
It’s not adolescent hormones or immaturity that
produces
such frustration. Even as adults we sometimes think that
no one could possibly understand what we are
experiencing or
feeling.
When teenagers think their parents don’t understand,
they forget their parents were teenagers once them-
selves and probably felt the same levels of frustration
or loneliness.
It's easy to forget
Jesus experienced every temptation
and feeling we experience. True, He didn’t go through
the exact circumstances that we do. But the feelings
those circumstances create—frustration, confusion,
anger, loneliness—are universal.
In His humanity, Jesus Christ went
through all the ups
and downs of human experience, “yet without sin.” So
regardless of what we are feeling—especially when
we are tempted—He understands.
Knowing that He can sympathize,
take your questions and feelings
to
Him.
"Christ understands loneliness;
He’s been through it."
Paul S. Rees
