Jesus wept at the tomb of his friend.
Of all the mysteries of God and love, this is one of the strangest to me. Jesus already knew he was going to raise Lazarus: he'd said to his disciples, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep." He already knew-- he was there to heal-- but he wept.
Why? I've never quite understood it... but I think it's related to something in my earlier post. Death is a product of evil, a destruction of what is precious to the heart of God, and he grieves over it...
...even while he prepares to restore it.
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...And what there is to conquer / By strength and submission, has already been discovered / Once or twice, or several times, by men whom one cannot hope to emulate-- but there is no competition-- / There is only the fight to recover what has been lost / And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions / That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss. / For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business. -T. S. Eliot
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I believe with conviction that He is crying with us now.
Ask Nate Lee about Jesus crying for Lazurus. He knows why and can soundly clear up your confusion.
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