Feeling the pain like Jesus
Milagros García Klibansky
SUMMARY: Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus, showing his understanding of human pain. We should not be told to smile when we lose a loved one because God wanted it that way. When we convert to Jesus, we are brought from death to life, and we no longer fear death because we are not alone. Jesus wants to give us life now and for eternity, so we should repent of our sins and accept his offer of forgiveness and life.
If we go to the tomb of Lazarus, we see a suffering Jesus and we find the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. (John 11:35) But how interesting that a little earlier, when Mary complains about her delay in arriving, we can read: "Jesus then, seeing her crying, and the Jews who accompanied her, also crying, were shaken in spirit and moved" John 11.33
It was the custom of the time to lament loudly and uncontrollably, but it was not the case with Jesus. He sheds tears of pain over the death of Lazarus because He could understand human pain (Isaiah 53: 3); A God-fearing and God-blessed family was in mourning. Grace sustains us, but it does not prevent mourning in the heart, especially if on good days we prostrate ourselves at the feet of Christ, we can come to his presence on a day of pain and find comfort.
It was the custom of the time to lament loudly and uncontrollably, but it was not the case with Jesus. He sheds tears of pain over the death of Lazarus because He could understand human pain (Isaiah 53: 3); A God-fearing and God-blessed family was in mourning. Grace sustains us, but it does not prevent mourning in the heart, especially if on good days we prostrate ourselves at the feet of Christ, we can come to his presence on a day of pain and find comfort.
