| “Put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: are they not in Thy book?” (Psalm 56:8). |
| “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). |
| I am sure everyone reading this page has had a good cry once in a while! Sometimes we shed tears because we are sad. Perhaps someone we loved very much was taken from us in death. Other times we may cry because we are injured and in pain, and again at other times, we may shed tears because we are frustrated, or our feelings are hurt. |
| Our verse today shows us that the Lord Jesus notices all the times in our lives when we are sad, and He keeps a record of it. It is as if our tears were put into a bottle, or our sorrows written in a book. And we know that He understands because we have the shortest verse in the Bible that tells us something very important — “Jesus wept”. The Lord Jesus was about to raise Lazarus from the dead. Then that sorrow would be erased! But He felt the tears and sadness of those around Him who loved Lazarus and had had to bury him four days before. He is the God who created the universe, yet He understands you! |
| Once there was a father who was having an evening Bible time with his children. He was telling them that the Lord Jesus was coming very soon, and that they would want to be found pleasing Jesus when He came back. He asked each of his four children what they might like to be doing at the moment when Jesus came back. One said he’d like Jesus to find him praying. Another said she’d like to be helping her mom. The third one said he’d like to be reading his Bible. When he came to the youngest little girl, her answer surprised them all. She said she’d like to be crying when Jesus came back. “Why would you want to be doing that”? her father asked. “Well,” she said, “I won’t ever be crying in heaven, and I’d like one chance to have Jesus wipe my tears away”. |
| Let’s remember that we have a loving Father in heaven who takes notice of every moment of our lives, and is ready to comfort us when we are sad. |
