He Weeps For Us

"Jesus wept."  John 11:35

     Jesus...weeps.  He sits between Mary and Martha, puts an arm around each, and sobs...

     He weeps with them.

     He weeps for them

     He weeps with you.

     He weeps for you.

     He weeps so we will know:  Mourning is not disbelieving.  Flooded eyes don't represent a faithless heart.  A person can enter a cemetery Jesus-certain of life after death and still have a Twin Tower crater in the heart.  Christ did.  He wept, and he knew he was ten minutes from seeing a living Lazarus!

     And his tears give you permission to shed your own.  Grief does not mean you don't trust;  it simply means you can't stand the thought of another day without the Lazarus of your life.  If Jesus gave the love, he understands the tears.  So grieve, but don't grieve like those who don't know the rest of this story.

I am so thankful for the small verse that we have heard so often:  "Jesus wept."  He wept because he knew.....he knew our hopes, our dreams, then our hurts and disappointments.  He wept because He saw the pain you were going through and He felt for you.  He hurt for you.  Not because there was no hope or because He didn't know if things were going to be okay, but because He knew how we felt.  Did you know He knows your pain and your hurt?  Did you know He weeps for you?  He cares for you?  Sit at His side and talk to Him about it....cry....its okay, He understands.  He is a God of relationship and love.  We are His children.  He wants to walk and talk with us everywhere we go!  Take Him up on it!