Jesus Wept

Jesus wept…

Even though He knew He would raise Lazarus from the dead, He wept outside his tomb.

He wept over Jerusalem knowing the consequences of its rejection.

He must weep now.

Our country is not His chosen in the sense that the Jewish people are.

But, our country has experienced His guidance and blessing for over 200 years.

Now we as a nation reject Him and His truth.

We are hateful towards each other.

We abort our babies before birth, and many are abused after birth.

We call what is evil good.  We encourage perversion. 

In the name of tolerance and pluralism, we are open to everything.  We are proud of it and of our ever-accepting mindset.

There was a time when even those who did not call themselves “Christian” held to its core principles.  Now those values are rejected and mocked.

We fill our minds with sex and violence and filthy language in the name of entertainment.

We have tried to think Him out of existence…as if that were even possible.

We have become so wise in our own eyes that we believe we can solve all problems through our own will and the technology we have developed.

We don’t know that we are poor and naked and blind.

We don’t see that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss, and that only His hand of compassion prevents our falling irretrievably into it.

And as He holds back our inevitable judgment…

He weeps.