“You Always Hear Me”
When Mary reached the place where
Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had
been here, my brother would not have died."
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the
Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit
and troubled. "Where have you laid him?" he asked. "Come
and see, Lord," they replied.
Jesus wept.
Then the Jews said, "See how he
loved him!"
But some of them said, "Could
not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from
dying?"
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave
with a stone laid across the entrance. "Take away the stone," he
said. "But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by
this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days."
Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell
you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
So they took away the stone. Then
Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I
knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people
standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
When he had said this, Jesus called
in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, his
hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus
said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go."
John 11:32-44
Someday when we get to heaven, there
will be no more sorrow or separation or pain, and God will wipe away every tear
from our eyes. In the meantime, the tears may flow. No apologies needed.
If you doubt that
Jesus cares, remember His tears.
Our Daily Bread –