Imagine if a child has gone on a self-destructive path and distanced himself from his father. The father may be hopefully anticipating the day when the son will change his ways, and be upset with his foolish behavior, but at the same time, even when the son is on this path, the real pain felt by the father is due to the painful distance between himself and his son and his son's difficult struggles.
The son, distant as he is, will turn his heart to his father, knowing that despite his distance his father is not rejecting him and is not leaving him to struggle alone. First and foremost the father feels the child's pain - no matter how far he is.
Believing that Hashem always feels one's pain leads a person to recognize that Hashem does not only feel the pain of the person's distance, and hope he comes closer, but also the pain the person feels because he realizes how distant he is.
The son, distant as he is, will turn his heart to his father, knowing that despite his distance his father is not rejecting him and is not leaving him to struggle alone. First and foremost the father feels the child's pain - no matter how far he is.
Believing that Hashem always feels one's pain leads a person to recognize that Hashem does not only feel the pain of the person's distance, and hope he comes closer, but also the pain the person feels because he realizes how distant he is.
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