Saturday, November 08, 2003
What is it? He's never cried before. Not for all the blood, and all the death. Not for his young students from VMI, not for his friends, not for anybody.
Not so, Sandie. I think he's crying for them all now.
--from "Gods and Generals."
Death is a horrible thing. God Himself wept in front of it (John 11:35). Why did He weep? It wasn't for Lazarus alone--He already told Martha her brother would rise from the dead. Like Stonewall Jackson, in the scene above, He wept for "us all" because He knew how horrible death was and was about to taste it Himself. Never let it be said that God doesn't know what it's like. He does. And if we had listened to Him from the start, we wouldn't have to deal with it now (Genesis 3). But even though we rebelled against Him and chose the way of death, the way that has brought such pain to the earth, He still sent a substitute to pay our ransom and offer us a way out.
If you see this, pray for my schoolmate Julie Farney, whose mother is apparently dying after a car accident sometime last night.
Not so, Sandie. I think he's crying for them all now.
--from "Gods and Generals."
Death is a horrible thing. God Himself wept in front of it (John 11:35). Why did He weep? It wasn't for Lazarus alone--He already told Martha her brother would rise from the dead. Like Stonewall Jackson, in the scene above, He wept for "us all" because He knew how horrible death was and was about to taste it Himself. Never let it be said that God doesn't know what it's like. He does. And if we had listened to Him from the start, we wouldn't have to deal with it now (Genesis 3). But even though we rebelled against Him and chose the way of death, the way that has brought such pain to the earth, He still sent a substitute to pay our ransom and offer us a way out.
If you see this, pray for my schoolmate Julie Farney, whose mother is apparently dying after a car accident sometime last night.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 8:30 AM 
