In C.S Lewis’ story The Magician’s Nephew, Digory recalled his terminally ill mother and how his hopes were all dying away. With a lump in his throat and tears in his eyes, he blurted out to Aslan, the great lion who represents Christ, “Please, please won’t you … can’t you give me something that will cure Mother?”
Then in his despair, Digory looked up at Aslan’s face. “Great shining tears stood in the Lion’s eyes. They were such big, bright tears compared with Digory’s own that for a moment he felt as if the Lion must really be sorrier about his Mother than he was himself. “My son, my son,” said Aslan. “I know. Grief is great. Only you and I in this land know that yet. Let us be good to one another.”
Jesus also wept, at Lazarus’s grave. He wept for Lazarus as well as for Mary and Martha and their grief. Later, Jesus wept over
Until then, know that Jesus Christ weeps with you.
From:
David Roper
