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[cimi]

October 9
Friday


SORRY ABOUT
THE TEARS

READ:
John 11:32-44
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[Jesus] groaned in the
spirit and was troubled.
__John 11:33
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My friend was making a major change in her life--she was leaving her employer of 50 years for a new venture. She cried when she said her goodbyes. And as she did, she frequently said, "sorry about the tears."

Why do we sometimes feel the need to apologize for crying? Perhaps we look at tears as showing a weakness in our character or a vulnerability we don't like. Maybe we're uncomfortable or think our tears are making others uncomfortable.

Or emotions, however, are God-given. They're a characteristic of our having been made in God's image (Gen. 1:27). He grieves. In Genesis 6:6-7, He was sorrowful and angry about His people's sin and the separation it caused between Him and them. Jesus, God in the flesh, joined His friends Mary and Martha in grieving over the loss of their brother Lazarus (John 11:28-44). "He groaned in the spirit and was troubled" (v. 33). He "wept" (v.35). "Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb" (v.38). I doubt that He apologized.

Someday when we get to heaven, there will be no more sorrow or separation or pain, and God will wipe away every tear from our eyes (Rev. 21:4). In the meantime, the tears may flow. No apologies needed.
__Anne Cetas
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```````````````He knows our burdens and our crosses.`````````````
`````````````Those things that hurt, our trials and losses,````````````
`````````````````He cares for every soul that cries.````````````````
```````````God wipes the tears from weeping eyes. __Brandt````````
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If you doubt that Jesus cares, remember His tears.

************Today's Bible Reading __ John 11:32-44***************

12 Then, when Mary came
where Jesus was, and saw
Him, she fell down at His
feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if
You had been here, my
brother would not have died."

33 Therefore, when Jesus
saw her weeping...He
groaned in the spirit and was
troubled. 34 and He said,
"Where have you laid him?"
They said to Him, "Lord,
come and see."

35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the
Jews said, "See how He
loved him!"

37 And some of them said,
"Could not this Man, who
opened the eyes of the blind,
also have kept this man from
dying?"

38 Then Jesus, again
groaning in Himself, came to
the tomb. It was a cave, and a
stone lay against it. 39 Jesus
said, "Take away the stone."

Martha, the sister of him
who was dead, said to Him,
"Lord, by this time there is a
stench, for he has been dead
four days."

40 Jesus said to her, "Did I
not say to you that if you
would believe you would see
the glory of God?" 41 Then
they took away the stone
from the place where the
dead man was lying. And
Jesus lifted up His eyes and
said, "Father, I thank You that
You have heard Me. 42 And I
know that You always hear
Me, but because of the
people who are standing by I
said this, that they may
believe that You sent Me.."

43 Now when He had said
these things, He cried with a
loud voice, "Lazarus, come
forth!" 44 And he who had
died came out bound hand
and foot....Jesus said to
them, "Loose him, and let
him go."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

At the death of Lazarus, Jesus not only wept (v.35), He also "groaned
in the spirit and was troubled" (v.33). Some Bible scholars believe the
source of this deep emotional response by Christ may have been His
sorrow over death as the ultimate consequence of sin. __BILL CROWDER

[Lani]

Our emotions, however, are God-given.

No apologies needed.

I have heard many times, people say that tears are a sign of weakness... I say... hiding them could be considered such.

Thanks for sharing sis!

Lani