John 11:17-19, 32-37
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied. Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
* What grief do you hold?
* Think about the statement that Jesus was ‘deeply moved’. What does God want to say to us about who he is?
* How might Jesus sit with you in your pain and discomfort?
Weeping God,
You sit beside us in our loss and grief, moved by our suffering. Work through us so that we might sit with others in their grief, holding them with our presence that reflects your love. Amen.