My husband recently found
out that I am normal; yet, I knew it all along. A medical report stated:
"People with mirror-touch synaesthesia are known to
experience the same sensations when they see others being hurt. A new study by
British psychologists now provides evidence that a significant minority of
healthy people can also experience pain when seeing or hearing about others’
injuries."
That's me! Hubby used
to call me hyper-sensitive...now he calls me synaesthesia. I call it the
"heart of God". I am glad that God showed him this article, so he
will dwell with me with more understanding.
God allows
individuals to actually feel the pain that other people feel in order to prompt
us to pray for them with not only sympathy, but also with real compassionate empathy
- as one who has personally suffered much (Romans 12:14-16).
I cannot watch the
crucifixion portrayed on screen, or hear about it in a sermon without feeling
the pain that Jesus felt. I cannot hear the News on TV without feeling the pain
of those who are suffering.
Of course, I do not
experience the intensity of the physical pain the actual victim is
experiencing; and I usually shrink up inside myself and push back on the pain,
to keep it from penetrating my body as well as my soul.
I usually cry and
grieve over their negative experiences as if I was suffering right along with
them. I end up exhausted from the spiritual intensity of this experience; and I
feel like a Mac truck ran over me.
I use God's gift as
an opportunity to pray for those who are in the midst of persecution, tragedy,
abortion, job loss, medical procedures, suffering, trauma, storms, car wrecks,
etc. I LOVE to pray, and I consider this a privilege granted to me by our
Heavenly Daddy.
Coupling this
attitude of prayer with my melancholy personality, I often portray a negative
aura. Many people look at me and think that I am worried or stressed or having
some personal crisis.
They are shocked when
they enquire after my well-being, and I cheerfully say, "I'm good. Thank
you for asking." Most people think that I am unwilling to share my burden
with them.
Yet the truth is, sometimes
I am carrying the burdens of my brothers and sisters in Christ, a perfect
stranger, all of the aborted babies, victims of human trafficking, those in the
hospital and nursing homes, etc. They just caught me in the middle of my
intercession.
I always turn my
burdens into prayer, and cast all of these cares on God. He truly cares for us
more than I could ever humanly care for those whose pain I actually feel. God
hears us when we pray, and He often allows us to see the fruit of our prayers.
I believe that God
gave me a blessing to be able to compassionately intercede for those who are
suffering in any way. Due to the evil inherent on this earth, I pray without
ceasing. I implore the Lord not only for the suffering of all of those around
me, but I also pray for guidance for each moment of my life.
Prayer:
Father God, I love
the privilege of sharing the burdens of Your heart. People like me prove to the
world that You are not disinterested, calloused or immune to the suffering in
this world. You care deeply for every individual and what we are suffering in
this imperfect earth, which is full of insensitive people who are stripped of
their conscience and even enjoy making other people suffer.
Remind us that many
of these evil people are simply acting out the pain that they feel from the persecution
in their past. They are attempting to alleviate their suffering imposed on them
by those who were supposed to protect them. We trust that You will soon return
and deal out vengeance on all of those who willfully imposed suffering on their
innocent victims.
Thought for the Day:
Daily pray for
victims of tragedy, abuse and neglect all over this world; and pray for Jesus
to come soon and establish His rule over the nations of the world.
