One man was annoyed at his sentimental wife’s constant sniffling as she watched a touching movie on the television. “For goodness sake,” he scolded, “why is it you cry about the imaginary woes of
people you’ve never met?”

“For the same reason you yell and scream when a man you don’t know scores a goal,” she said.

That reason, of course, is that they identify with the person or the event. The word ‘identify’ originally comes from the Latin root ‘idem,’ which means ‘same.’ When we identify with someone,
we feel the same sadness or ecstasy the other feels, and we understand another’s plight. 

Did you know that God sent Jesus into this world that He might identify with us, as a man that he could, as the Bible says,  be tempted in every way but yet be without sin.  And we too can identify with Jesus who experienced life just as we do.  Today as you go about your business be assured that Jesus understands and loves you.

Hear his words: “Peace I give unto you.”