Christ Has Borne Our Sorrows

"He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death." Mosiah 16:9

We feel alone at times in life. We feel unloved and unwanted and we wonder...why? Surely we are doing what is right. 

We forget that even Christ was "despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief...surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows...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" (Mosiah 14:3-5). Christ went through the same pattern as us, too, on a much more intense level.

We can find solace in the knowledge that Christ, too, a perfect being, was despised and rejected, alone, and persecuted. He was like us in the regard that "he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Mosiah 14:12).

It was God's plan for Christ to suffer and face trials, just as it is His plan for us to go through the refiner's fire. "...it pleased the Lord to bruise him" (Mosiah 14:10). Although it was difficult and uncomfortable, to say the least, someone had to make the sacrifice for the benefit and salvation of the rest of us, "the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father" (Mosiah 15:7).

"...all mankind were lost, and behold, they would have been endlessly lost were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and fallen state" (Mosiah 16:4). Take comfort in the knowledge that you are not alone in your trials. Even Christ, the Son of God, had sky-scraping mountains to climb, and He empathizes with you. Through Him, we are redeemed and because of Him, we can have His help as we fight our battles-- not alone, but together with Him.