[Discoveries] 01-02-09 A place to start – John 11:35

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*Jesus wept. -- John 11:35*/

I don't know about you, but I have to start here. If I don't start with 
God's willingness to feel pain, to risk getting hurt by those He loves, 
then nothing in this universe makes sense, and I think I would lose my 
faith.

Jesus wept. The Resurrection and the Life pauses here at the tomb of a 
friend and weeps, feeling with us the loss that only He could make right.

Much is not as it should be. The Holocaust. Hell. Hurt. The race of men 
gone mad in their flight from God's presence.

God does not take some kind of narcotic to keep Himself from feeling the 
horrible pain of the universe as it really is. His eyes are wide open. 
His heart is wide open.

If Jesus did not weep, then none of our tears would matter. But, in 
fact, He did. And that gives us a foothold for hope.

Be encouraged!
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