John 11:35

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“Jesus wept.”

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Once there was a man who lived alone and never cried, although he had plenty to cry about. His life had been hard with much disappointment and bitter loss. He became stoic and kept everything inside. He had given up on feeling much of anything, Really, he had given up on life. He traveled a lot on business and one night, while resting in his hotel room, he picked up the Gideon Bible that was on the nightstand. It opened to John 11:35. He read those two words; “Jesus wept.” They were the only words he saw on the whole page. They pursued him, opened him up with light and fire. He started crying. He couldn’t stop. He cried and cried until, sobbing fitfully, he had cried himself to sleep. He slept long and hard and when he awoke the next morning some things that had been with him for as long as he could remember were gone. Something new had come. It was as if he had been dead and was now alive. He knew he was not alone.

 
“Jesus wept.” is the shortest verse in the Bible. That means that God has arranged things in such a way that it is the easiest  verse to remember. It also makes it the easiest thing to remember about Jesus.
 
If Jesus wept then He knows loss and heartache, emptiness and loneliness.
 
If Jesus wept then no one falls unnoticed into the abyss of death.
 
If Jesus wept then God is more personal, more intimate than we can ever imagine.
 
If Jesus wept then “Father forgive them…”is not a theological abstraction but a word spoken from deep sorrow by “… a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.” 
 
If Jesus wept then He can fall in a tear, any tear, and that means your tear, anywhere, anytime.
 
 
“May the peace of God that passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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