You probably think I didn't feel like preparing this week so I picked everyone's favorite memory verse. But this little verse contains an amazing truth.
Jesus' friend Lazarus had died and Jesus was going to his hometown to call him out of the grave. On the way Lazarus' sister, Mary, met them and fell at Jesus' feet and wept.
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.35 Jesus wept. (John 11:33-35)
The question is why?...what brought Him to tears?...He was coming to raise Lazarus from the Dead...why didn't Jesus just smile?... after all He was there to save the day.
Why would the toughest man in all of history, who will later be beaten, spit upon, and crucified without the slightest thought of himself, weep at that moment?
I believe the answer is in verse 33....His heart broke for her broken heart, just like it does for yours. God knows His plan, but that doesn't mean he ignores your pain. Psalm 56:8 says of God that .."you have collected all my tears in your bottle". That means your tears are important to Him, not one goes unnoticed.
So know that when you go through seasons of pain, God not only understands your tears, He is "deeply moved" and weeps with you. His heart hurts for you
We "do not not grieve as do the rest who have no hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13) because we have been promised that the day will come when we will weep no more. "The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces"(Isaiah 25:8)
But until then never be ashamed to cry, and rest assured you never cry alone.
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