Lazarus

So this past Sunday, my kids lost their great great grandpa, and today we had his funeral and laid him to rest.

When I came home my mom shared with me something she was told and I want to share it with you.

In John 11 it talks about the death of Lazarus and in verse 35 is where it says Jesus wept.

What was shared with my mom is Jesus didn’t wait for the death of his friend Jesus wept for knowing he would have to bring his friend back to this life.

You see Jesus knew he was going to bring Lazarus back to life 4 days after he passed however, he wept for the fact that he would have to bring him out of paradise to do so and back to this life

When we lose someone, the pain is unimaginable. I lost my Nana and Papa while I was in high school Nana two weeks before my 16th birthday and my papa January before I graduated my senior year

It hurts to know They’re not a phone call away when we need them. They aren’t going to share in the next life events with us and it’s one of the hardest things to get my daughter to understand.

But we can hold comfort in the fact that we will see them again someday, and Jesus knew that Lazarus his sisters would see him again someday, but he also knew he was going to bring him out of paradise back to this life, and he wept.

It’s OK to mourn it’s OK to weep. It’s OK to be sad to be hurt to be angry or whatever you might be feeling,

but challenge yourself to add happiness to that feeling to because will see them again someday in paradise in heaven with Jesus and the Lord.