Posted on 03/20/2009 6:51:20 AM PDT by WhatNot
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. Jesus wept.
(John 11:33, 35)
When our Master saw Mary and Martha weeping over their dead brother Lazarus, He began to bathe His face in briny tears. His heart was broken because their hearts were broken. Some have suggested that the only reason Jesus cried was that He knew if He called Lazarus back to life, He would be calling a man to leave a perfect Heaven for a valley of tears called earth. Maybe. I think Jesus had His heart broken because He loved these two sisters and their brother. He loved them dearly.
Oh, dear heart, do you know that the day you die and the day we have your funeral, Jesus will cry? I promise you that He, who cried over the death of Lazarus, will cry over you and your sorrowing family. Jesus wept over death. He wept over sin so often. Not His sin; mine. When Jesus saw the sinful city of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, He wept over their sin and lostness (Luke 19:41). I have seen politicians and athletes cry on TV when they retired. Every Labor Day, Jerry Lewis sheds tears while singing, "When you walk through a storm keep your head up high."
Do we cry? When was the last time you cried over a lost soul, a struggling church, an unsaved loved one? Jesus wept! Will we?
Thank you for this post which I read through my own tears.
“Verily, I know that my Redeemer liveth.”
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