Relatabiliy Ability

 

I am musing about....

Relatability Ability

Being able to relate to someone is a gift. Being able to make someone feel safe in your presence, to feel known and understood is....well, a wonderful ability. 

Relatability Ability!

Something we all desire!  

 It is difficult to relate when you have never really been there. When you have not experienced that situation that you are trying to experience emotionally with another.

We can try to understand. Can try to put ourselves into another person's shoes, to be empathetic.

But there is nothing like really being there ourselves.

I remember when I was working as a nurse in a Dr.'s office before I had kids. I would ask the patient who was pregnant about how she was feeling. When a patient would describe her fatigue or her morning sickness, I would express to the patient that it sounded awful, hard. But it was not until I became pregnant myself that I was able to truly empathize. Suddenly I knew just how awful and hard it really was!

So how can we improve on our relatability ability?

I was thinking about this the other day and realized that there are times I just can't.

But I can still try.  Try to understand and to be a "safe place to land".

And I know that only by being filled with the love and care from the most loving and caring person in the world, can one improve their ability to relate to and be understanding of others.

For our Savior came to Earth as a man. He walked among men. He experienced sorrow and grief and heartache, and pain and sadness and anger and temptation and frustration. Therefore.....

“FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO IS UNABLE TO EMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES....   heb. 4:15

Our Savior Jesus. The most relatable able person to ever walk this Earth.  As we connect more to Him, we will be able to connect more with others.

And that in itself helps with relatability ability. Connection. Found through connection with Jesus. He who is all about relationship. He who's greatest desire is to be in close relationship with His Creation. He proved this by paving a way for relationship and connection to exist. He provided a way to bridge the gap that sin creates between the Creator and His created.

Connecting with Jesus, helps us to connect with others.

Thank you Jesus for putting the ability into relatability.