Weeping is one of the deepest expressions of emotion....

 

It's a place where words don't even come close to being adequate.  Whether we face a loss or it seems like life just doesn't make sense, we long to know the answers to the "why?" and "what now?"

 

Taken from the story of Lazarus of Bethany (John 11:1-44), Jesus wept is a verse in the Bible that reminds us that God deeply loves us, God is grieved, even angered over the brokenness of life and the impact it has on us.  He longs to have relationship with us.  He mourns and comforts us when we have encountered loss - physically and emotionally.  Just as God was moved to raise Lazarus from the dead, through Jesus, He is moved to act out of compassion on our behalf even when the situation looks impossible to overcome.

 

Jesus Wept and the story of Lazarus clearly demonstrates God's heart toward us.  Ultimately He is moved because we matter to him - because we are all made in His image.  Imagine if the church responded in the same way as Jesus to the impact the brokenness of life has had on the preborn.