形容情緒的詞彙有許多，但卻未必能很貼切地表達我們的內心感受。美國作家凱尼格（John Koenig）因此編撰了一本收錄悲傷詞彙的辭典（Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows），其中都是他自己創造的新詞，要表達人們無法用現有詞彙描述的複雜情感。凱尼格說，他的使命是揭示人類獨特且難以言喻的經歷，好讓人們明白自己並不是唯一有這些感受的人，從而不再感到孤單。

雖然，我們未必總能找到合適的詞語來形容自己的情緒，但上帝重視並完全理解人類的一切經歷，這使基督徒能因此得到極大的安慰。上帝看重我們，甚至將管理受造物的責任託付給我們（希伯來書2章7-8節）。因著耶穌，上帝完全理解人們過著什麼樣的生活。基督是上帝成為人，來到我們當中，因此信徒被稱為耶穌的「弟兄姐妹」（11節，當代譯本修訂版）。

基督不僅理解我們所有的經歷和試探（4章15節），還藉著祂的死戰勝那掌控我們生命的死亡權勢（2章14節）。因著基督，我們不必為人類所經歷的而感到恐懼或孤單，反而要因我們身為人類而歡欣感恩。

In his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig offers a collection of new words, each invented to give a name to complicated feelings we previously lacked a word for. His book includes words like dés vu, “the awareness that this moment will become a memory,” and onism, “the frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at one time.” Koenig says his mission is to shed light on all of the unique and strange experiences of being human, so that people can feel less alone in those experiences.

While we might not always be able to find a word for what we’re going through, believers in Jesus can take great comfort in knowing that God values and understands what it’s like to be human. He values people so much that He chose to entrust humanity with caring for creation (Hebrews 2:7-8). And because of Jesus, God understands completely what it’s like to live as a human. Christ is God made fully human, which means other believers are called Jesus’ “brothers and sisters” (v. 12).

Christ not only understands all our experiences and temptations (4:15) but He has also broken “the power of death” over our lives (2:14). Because of Him, our experiences need not cause us to feel afraid or alone. Instead, we can celebrate the gift of being human.