I have suffered these things for all

This week in my New Testament class we studied the Savior's suffering in Gethsemane. I gained a new perspective as we talked about the experience Jesus had in that garden. First, we talked about the range of emotions that we go through when we sin. We experience guilt, shame, sorrow, pain, hopelessness, loneliness,  doubt, and many other things. Jesus not only felt all of these emotions multiplied to an incomprehensible amount, He also suffered, as it says in Alma 7, our weaknesses, sicknesses, temptation, and any other physical and mental pains that come through various trials in life. And, something I never connected before is in Doctrine & Covenants 19. It says "For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent." This implies That Jesus suffered other things too, that none of us have ever felt, and that we will only feel if we don't turn to Him and accept the gift of His Atonement by repenting.
Knowing that just deepens my gratitude for Him and His sacrifice for all of us. Because not only are we saved from suffering after we die, we can be succored and supported through every single thing we go through. Because He truly knows, better than anyone ever could, what it means to feel cut off from everything good. He was in constant communication with His father until He entered that garden, and going from so much light to so much darkness gives Him the ability to lift us through everything.
I am grateful for this time of year where we celebrate not only the birth of our Savior, but also the significance of the life that He led. This video sums up simply and beautifully why we are so blessed and why we should show our gratitude to Christ this season, and every day of our lives.