This was a reflection I had recently. Remember the last time you had a friend pour out your problems to you ? Remember how you felt ? How sad it was to listen to a good friend suffer so much ? How heart wrenching it was to listen to your friends problems, sorrows and pains ? How you wish you could reach out and solve all his/her problems ? And remember when you tried to help, but got brushed off even when he / she came to you to pour it all out ?
I was reflecting on this, on how painfull it was just to listen to one person pour out his / her grief, then it struck me , Imagine how Jesus must feel, when so many of us around the world go to him with our own personal problems. How sad He must be , to listen to each one of us, going to him with all our pain and suffering, asking for his help. Imagine the pain you felt when one friend poured out all his/her troubles to you, and multiply that by 5 billion ! I know I won't be able to handle the grief ..
And even worse, how many times have we gone to Him for help, just to brush Him away , when he came to us. To knock at the doors of our hearts, and wanted to let us know he is there for us. To show how much he loves us, and we just ignore Him , yet still demand to know why He isn' there for us, just because we couldn't see him standing by our side. Imagine how much pain he feels, standing by your side watching you suffer, wanting to help, but we refused it.
But the wonderful thing about Him is that despite the 5 billion people crying out to him , he has time for each and everyone of us. His Sacred Heart is filled with so much love, that he is able to handle all our grief . Despite our rejections, he is standing there by ourside, waiting for us to open the door to our hearts, to let the healing begin.
This was a really humbling reflection, to have the privilege of getting a glimpse of how much grief He listens to, and to realise that despite that huge amount of troubles that we bring to him, it is nothing compared to the love He has for us.
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