Posted on 05/29/2015 6:00:08 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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I called a longtime friend when his mother died. She had been a close friend of my mother, and now both had passed on. As we spoke, our conversation slipped easily into a cycle of emotiontears of sorrow now that Beth was gone and tears of laughter as we recalled the caring and fun person she had been.
Many of us have experienced that strange crossover from crying one moment and laughing the next. Its an amazing gift that emotions of both sorrow and joy can provide a physical release in this way.
Since we are made in Gods image (Gen. 1:26), and humor is such an integral part of almost every culture, I imagine that Jesus must have had a wonderful sense of humor. But we know that He also knew the pain of grief. When his friend Lazarus died, Jesus saw Mary weeping, and He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. A short time later, He too began to weep (John 11:33-35).
Our ability to express our emotions with tears is a gift, and God keeps track of each tear we cry. Psalm 56:8 says, You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book (nlt). But one daywe are promised (Rev. 7:17)God will wipe away every tear.
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: Not only did Jesus weep for others but also for His own suffering in Gethsemane. The enemy Jesus faced was deathboth physical and spiritual. As the sin-bearer, the Lord Jesus Christ bore the full wrath of God for sinners (Isa. 53:4). He experienced a full range of human emotions so He could be a compassionate High Priest for us (Heb. 2:18).
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Got some Beethoven and Schubert coming up tonight.
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