在《史努比》漫畫作者查爾斯·舒茲（Charles Schulz，1922-2000年）的追悼會上，他的漫畫界同行兼好友凱西·奎塞威特（Cathy Guisewite）談到舒茲的仁慈和同情心，他說：「舒茲為全世界的人創造這些角色，確切地表達出每個人的感受，讓我們知道別人也和我們一樣。對我們這些卡通漫畫家，他毫無保留地付出，讓我們不覺得孤單……舒茲鼓勵我們，他瞭解我們的感受，使我們覺得他就像我們一樣。」

當我們覺得無人能瞭解或幫助我們時，別忘了耶穌已經為我們毫無保留地擺上。祂瞭解我們是誰，也知道我們今天所面對的處境。

希伯來書2章9-18節陳述一個奇妙的真理，那就是耶穌在世上的時候，與我們同有血肉之軀（14節）。祂「為人人嘗了死味」（9節）、摧毀撒但的權勢（14節），並且「要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人」（15節）。耶穌來到世上，成為像我們一樣有血有肉的人，「為要在上帝的事上成為慈悲忠信的大祭司」（17節）。主啊，謝謝祢降世為人，祢瞭解我們的痛苦，好讓我們知道今天有祢的幫助，並能永遠活在祢的同在中。

At the memorial service for Charles Schulz (1922–2000), creator of the beloved Peanuts comic strip, friend and fellow cartoonist Cathy Guisewite spoke of his humanity and compassion. “He gave everyone in the world characters who knew exactly how all of us felt, who made us feel we were never alone. And then he gave the cartoonist himself, and he made us feel that we were never alone. . . . He encouraged us. He commiserated with us. He made us feel he was exactly like us.”

When we feel that no one understands or can help us, we are reminded that Jesus gave us Himself, and He knows exactly who we are and what we are facing today.

Hebrews 2:9–18 presents the remarkable truth that Jesus fully shared our humanity during His life on earth (v. 14). He “taste[d] death for everyone” (v. 9), broke the power of Satan (v. 14), and freed “those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death” (v. 15). Jesus was made like us, “fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God” (v. 17). Thank You, Lord, for sharing our humanity so that we might know Your help today and live in Your presence forever.