“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:4-5)
From the Book of Mormon:
“And [Christ] shall go forth, suffering pains and
afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be
fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his
people.
“And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the
bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their
infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh,
that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to
their infirmities” (Alma 7:11–12).
“Thus, the Savior has suffered not
just for our sins and iniquities—but also for our physical pains and anguish,
our weaknesses and shortcomings, our fears and frustrations, our
disappointments and discouragement, our regrets and remorse, our despair and
desperation, the injustices and inequities we experience, and the emotional
distresses that beset us.
“There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no anguish
of soul or heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I ever confront in
mortality that the Savior did not experience first. In a moment of weakness we
may cry out, “No one knows what it is like. No one understands.” But the Son of God perfectly knows
and understands, for He has felt and borne our individual burdens. And because
of His infinite and eternal sacrifice (see Alma 34:14),
He has perfect empathy and can extend to us His arm of mercy. He can reach out,
touch, succor, heal, and strengthen us to be more than we could ever be and
help us to do that which we could never do relying only upon our own power.”
(Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease)
~ Elder David A. Bednar, member of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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