Tuesday, January 20, 2026

God’s Tears

 3. GOD’S TEARS

Hello and welcome to my walk with God. Join me as I heal from domestic violence through the Bible. Don’t forget to stay so that you can find your special prayer.


The verse I am looking at today is the shortest verse of the entire Bible; John Ch11 vs 35 (NIV):


Jesus wept.


I don’t know about you, but growing up I was taught to abide by the saying that crying was just “turning on the water works”. It was demonised as bad and wrong. So to me, tears of any form on my part, was like committing a sin. So I suppressed my emotions and my healing.


And now as an adult, I find myself still struggling with any emotion that might result in my tears. Particularly of grief and sorrow. I beat myself up for being so weak and foolish. And then I came across this verse in the Bible. 


In this particular verse, it is made perfectly clear as to whether weeping because of such gut wrenching emotional pain is bad, or sinful, or even weak or foolish. Yet, it is none of those things. Jesus was not bad or weak or even foolish. And He certainly was never sinful.


Crying is a normal expression of deep sorrow. So normal, in fact, that we know Jesus cried too. It is not enough for us to believe that God cares when we are sad. We know our Lord cares for His children, me and you, because we can see that He cares. He too has suffered the agony of grief.


God, as Jesus, came to earth to live as a human. So He truly understands our deepest grief as we cry, because He, as a human lived like we do. He knows the happiness, the joy, all the good things of this world. But He also knows pain, grief, and deep heartfelt sorrow.


So now when I think of my crying as bad and wrong, I can look back to this verse of the Bible. I can see that I’m allowed to weep, because Jesus wept too.


I invite you to join in this prayer with me:


Thank you Lord Jesus 

for Your example of sorrow and 

grief. Thank you that I can truly

 know that You have felt my deepest 

and inner most sadness. 


Please help me to remember 

when I cry, that I am not being sinful, 

or doing anything wrong or bad. And please, 

dear Lord, help ease my pain 

when I do cry. I know You understand 

exactly how I feel right now.

In the precious and beloved name 

of Jesus Christ, 

Amen.


Thank you for joining me in this example of how you and I can know that God understands our tears. Don’t forget to leave a comment on how you now see crying, in the light of this verse. And until next time, have hope — and faith.


In God’s love, Ruby

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