Jesus didn’t just weep at the tomb for Lazarus.
Or for Mary and Martha.
He wept for me.
For you.
For every one of us who grieves.
He knew our hearts would search for some comfort, for some sign that Jesus had walked this road too. And he knew that when our eyes found the verse, “Jesus wept.” That we would know that he knew exactly how our hearts were breaking.
He wept for us too.
Because he knew would grieve.
He knew would look towards heaven with questions of “why?” He knew that we would need a high priest who could intercede for us, because he knew exactly how we felt.
He wept for us too.
He let tears slide down his face, even though he could already see the “bigger picture.”
Why?
Because he knew that each of us would reach a point in our lives, or maybe even more than once, and desperately need to be reminded that he knew exactly how it felt to grieve, to have your heart shattered.
He wept for you, and all the days your pillow would be stained with tears, and you would wonder if he cared or understood.
He wept and had it recorded so you would know that he wept for you too.
He didn’t have to, he is holy and omnipotent.
But he wept just like you and I do.
So you would always have an infallible source that would remind you that he knows, he cares, and his heart breaks with yours.
But, the weeping is never the end.
Oh, if you could just see what is ahead🤍
Hebrews 4:15
“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
John 11:35
“Jesus wept.”
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