When He Saw Her Weeping

John 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.


When Jesus walked the earth in his human body, He showed again and again that he had compassion on those he met. He looked with compassion upon the sic, the poor, and the outcast. He felt compassion on many of the people for they were like sheep without  shepherd. He had compassion on the woman caught in adultery. It seems as though compassion is God's business and God's nature. 


God continues to look on our lives with compassion, nothing has changed. It is still God's nature to have compassion on us. Jesus did not always impose his compassion on those who caused his emotions. At one point he wept over Jerusalem even though without their seeking Him he would not and could not change. 


I know God's compassion first hand. In my own life at many turns I found the comfort of God always and direct intervention often. I think you all know I lost Marsha, my best friend, my helpmate and lover, two years ago. I could write numerous scenes with a variety of  different events and results that could have happened with Marsha's illness. I'll never know how many different scenes God saw for the circumstances with my life and Marsha's illness, but I do trust that God cared about both of us, and his compassion was involved in everything that has happened. I do take comfort that when I weep, my friend Jesus weeps with me.