The Lord is against these nations because they looked at the broken state of others and made fun of them. I can see a little kid point at another kid that has fallen and pointing laughing. In both of these chapter summaries it states that Ezekiel laments. I knew that laments means sadden, but it isn't the normal state of sadness it is a strong pain for others. I decided to look it up and find out more about it. I found that lament means to mourn, or a passionate expression of grief or sorrow. This makes me think of our baptismal covenants and how we promised to mourn with those that mourn. We promised to be with those that have fallen and help them back up. Empathy is something that I have been working on a lot this semester. I'm not perfect at it, but I'm a lot better. Empathy is simply the capacity to think of others emotions and feelings. I have applied this by thinking that I don't know the whole story. I can't judge someone because well first that isn't my job and second there could be something happening in their life that is causing them to act that way. I always try to think about the other person before myself. Another thing that has caused me to have more empathy is just being happy. It is really easy to not have empathy is you are not looking at the good and being happy yourself. I know that as I have really made an effort to be empathetic my love for people has grown and I have been happier myself. It is hard but it works!!
Just be happy and love those that are around you, because Heavenly Father loves both of you more than you can imagine.
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