Jesus wept. 

So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"

John 11:35-36 CSB

Jesus wept.

What do you picture? A staunch guy with a few tears on his cheeks?

In a few seconds he regains composure, all emotions in check?

This word for weep is only used in this one place in the Bible, to cry or weep without words. 

Jesus had no words, just tears.

Tears.

It's OK to just cry. 

It's Biblical. 

Sometimes there are no words, and that's OK.

Jesus cried so much that those in the vicinity saw it as a sign of how much he loved Lazarus, his friend who had died.

Jesus wept.

I think Jesus sat with Mary and cried. 

No words, just tears. 

Tears for what was ahead - separation from his Father, tears for what had happened, separation from someone he loved, tears for Mary in her loss, tears that flow down the centuries and find us in our loss, our separations, our hurts.

And Jesus cries. 

The logos, the word, has no words, just tears. 

It's OK to cry, to have no words, to sit with those who cry and let the tears fall, to acknowledge loss, hurt, injustice, separation.

Emmanuel, God with us, in all our humanness.

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