{"id":21448,"date":"2017-09-06T00:10:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/littlecountrychurch.org\/?p=11562"},"modified":"2017-09-06T00:10:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:10:05","slug":"september-6-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2017\/09\/06\/september-6-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"September 6, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"backgrounder: transparent url('http:\/\/lccredding.com\/lcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sept-alternate_edited-5.jpg'); backgrounder-size: 600px 300px; left top repeat 0 100% width: 600px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 80px 10px 85px; width: 90%,;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cJesus wept.\u201d<\/em> John 11:35<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesus\u2019 Broken Heart<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is the shortest verse in the Bible, yet so powerful. In this story Jesus has purposely delayed going to see His friends Lazarus, Martha and Mary\u2014knowing Lazarus is ill and will die\u2014so that He could show them and those around them, the glory of God when He raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:44).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He knew the rest of the story, how it would all end, and yet when He sees the pain it has caused Martha and Mary, He weeps when he comes to the tomb where they have laid Lazarus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He does the same for us. This story shows me that His heart breaks for our pain. He knows that as believers we will spend eternity with Him and the Father, yet He cares about the things going on right here and right now, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I\u2019m walking through some tough stuff with one of my kids right now, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s breaking His heart, but I also know He can bring things back to life, and no matter what happens, He cares. Lazarus laid in the grave for four days before Jesus went to them, not because He wanted to see them hurt, but because His mission always was to bring glory to God. Even though I\u2019m weeping, I\u2019m going to trust He will do the same thing in this situation. Martha and Mary knew if Jesus had only come before Lazarus died, He could have healed him (verses 21 &amp; 32); what they didn\u2019t know was that He had something much bigger in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take heart, dear ladies, Jesus cares for you and your loved ones in whatever situation you find yourself in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cLord, thank You for showing us that You weep over the painful things in our lives and long to bring them new life. All to the glory of God. Amen.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJesus wept.\u201d John 11:35 Jesus\u2019 Broken Heart This is the shortest verse in the Bible, yet so powerful. 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