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 I find this to be quite true. My earliest memory
is playing with plastic cowboys and Indians on the couch with my
Grandfather. I was two and he would die later that year.
What do I remember?
His excitement to be with me. My other Grandfather was a POW in WWII
and it greatly affected him. Three times in my life I specifically
remember trying to hug him, only to find him awkwardly stiffening up
with no return of affection. It wasn't that he did not love me, but
I remember the way he made me feel when he did not hug me back.
As we read John 11:1-45 we see Jesus interacting with Martha, Mary,
and Lazarus.
What strikes me here is how emotional Jesus is dealing with people.
When they sent for the Savior, they didn't just say "Lazarus" was
sick, but noted that he was the one Jesus "loved" (vs. 3). Not once,
but twice, they saw that Jesus was "deeply moved and troubled" (vs.
33 & 38). And verse 35 is the shortest verse in the Bible, "Jesus
wept." He is weeping not because of Lazarus whom He was about to
raise from the dead, but wept because He was moved by the grief and
pain Martha and Mary were experiencing.
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We see in Jesus that God is emotional about us! If we
could see Him in person today, others would note how He loves us
too.
We don't have to ask if Jesus cares when we are hurting and in
anguish, because the Bible here shows us that He does!
Do you think about God being personally emotional about you? What He
suffered on the cross shows how deeply He feels for you and how He
wants all to be saved!
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