Sorry About The Tears

[Jesus] groaned in the spirit and was troubled. – John 11:33


My friend was making a major change in her life – she was leaving her employer of 50 years for a new venture. She cried when she said her goodbyes. And as she did, she frequently said, “Sorry about the tears.”

Why do we sometimes feel the need to apologize for crying? Perhaps we look at tears as showing a weakness in our character or a vulnerability we don’t like. Maybe we’re uncomfortable or think our tears are making others uncomfortable.

Our emotions, however, are God-given. They’re a characteristic of our having been made in God’s image (Gen. 1:27). He grieves. In Genesis 6:6-7, He was sorrowful and angry about His people’s sin and the separation it caused between Him and them. Jesus, God in the flesh, joined His riends Mary and Martha in grieving over the loss of their brother Lazarus (John 11:28-44). “He groaned in the spirit and was troubled” (v.33). He “wept” (v.35). “Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb” (v.38). I doubt that He apologized.

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 (Rev. 21:4). In the meantime, the tears may flow. No apologies needed. – Anne Cetas


He knows our burdens and our crosses,
Those things that hurt, our trials and losses,
He cares for every soul that cries,
God wipes the tears from weeping eyes. – Brandt

If you doubt that Jesus cares, remember His tears.

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John 11:32-44

Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.” When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”

Jesus wept. The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!” Some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?” Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”

So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me. I knoow that you always listen to me, but because of he multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”

When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” He who was dead come out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”

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When there are some special service, some people ignore to go out and have prayer... maybe they scared of what they may do later on... however, how many of us can really show out our true emotion?

We had used to control our own emotion... no matter it is good or bad mood, we will always have the most suitable appearance in all the time... when days goes on, it seems to be bored and it is hard to let other touch deep of our heart...

We may feeling shame of it... is like, if I go out for prayer, it means I am someone in need, and people will look down of me... Oh! come on! God are calling us! wanting us to rest in Him! whats wrong to cry in the arms of Father??!!

Crying is also an expression of our true emotion... usually after crying i do feel better... why dont you try too?