"Jesus wept." - John 11:35
Known for being the shortest verse in the bible, I really like this one because it reminds me that Jesus had human emotions just like you and me. Jesus wept here because Lazarus had died. Lazarus was the brother of Martha and the Mary who poured perfume on Jesus' feet. When the sisters took Jesus to see where Lazarus was buried, Jesus wept when he saw him. This brings Jesus to a very human level because he was deepy saddened by the death of his friend Lazarus. And it doesn't just say "Jesus cried." It says he wept. When do we weep over something? Often it is over the death of a loved one. Sometimes when we've been hurt very badly, we weep. (Some of us even weep over really sad movies!) But here, Jesus is weeping over Lazarus. Then it says that the Jews who were with Jesus at that moment were amazed at his love for Lazarus. “See how he loved him!” they said.
I know that there are times Jesus weeps over us. When we lose our way and grow far apart from Jesus. He weeps over us until we return, to which he welcomes us back with open arms. Then he is weeping over us because he is so happy we have found our way back to him.
Jesus loves us so much that when something terrible happens to us, he weeps for us. Even though Jesus is on the same level as God, he was still a human being with human emotions. That way, Jesus is able to relate to the things that we are going through and is always there to help us out.
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