Pain and empathy

Read a ChristianityToday article online 2day... about nursing homes and the sadness of it...it is so true... How much understanding do we young ppl actually have of the hopelessness, and the need of those ppl who r withering away? Going further it is reali the same thing with hospital patients. All that we can learn in ICM is the so called "empathy"... how to say the same words over and over again at the right times... How much do we actually understand of the patients' pains? Even if we can be master in psychology and be as nice as we could.... i still do not think we can grasp the full meaning of suffering for each one of them.
Human love and understanding r never sufficient... easily tires. Only God's love and wisdom r complete, only he understands us fully and only He can save and heal. We do have a high priest who UNDERSTANDS AND SYMPATHESIZES, not leaving a single one of us out.
God, everyday please open up my heart and flow ur love through me.
( Definitely one of the best Christianity Today article i have read this year: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/013/12.86.html)