
READ: JOHN 11:1-44 When I was little, I would talk with God, praying, “God, if you’re really up there, please show me a sign!” I think my prayer is one that, at one point or another, we all pray. We want to know if God is there. But we also want to know, “Is He here? Does He care about my thoughts and situations?” In John 11, Jesus’s close friends, Mary and Martha, sent a message asking Jesus to come to their house: their brother, Lazarus, was dying. They sought Jesus’s help and comfort during this difficult time, but Jesus delayed coming. When Jesus finally arrived, Lazarus was dead, and the sisters asked Jesus why He didn’t prevent this. They wanted to know: “Don’t you care about us and what happens to us?” Then Jesus went to Lazarus’s tomb and wept. Jesus knew He Himself was the Resurrection and the Life, and that, in a few minutes, He would raise Lazarus from the dead. So why did He weep? The simple answer is Jesus grieves over the things we grieve. He grieves...
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