Scripture

John 11:33-35 (NIV)

When Jesus saw her weeping,

and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping,

he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

"Where have you laid him?" he asked.

"Come and see, Lord," they replied.

Jesus wept.

Refrain

In the silence, Jesus weeps with me.

Quote

Brian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences

"Yes, Jesus knew he was about to raise Lazarus,

he knew it even before Lazarus died.

Yet even knowing he would soon raise Lazarus,

Jesus helped shoulder the burden of that bitter half hour

with Mary and Martha by grieving with them.

During heaven's silence when it appears our prayers go unanswered

and our grief unassuaged, Jesus weeps with us."

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Scripture

John 11:3, 5 (NIV)

So the sisters sent word to Jesus,

"Lord, the one you love is sick."

Now Jesus loved Martha

and her sister and Lazarus.

Refrain

I am loved as a friend, and I am not alone.

Quote

Henri Nouwen, from Out of Solitude

"When we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our lives mean the most to us,

we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures,

have chosen rather to share our pain

and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,

who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement,

who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing

and face with us the reality of our powerlessness,

that is a friend who cares."

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Scripture

Psalm 84:5-7 (NIV)

Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

As they pass through the Valley of Baka,

they make it a place of springs;

the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

They go from strength to strength,

till each appears before God in Zion.

Refrain

Even in the valley of weeping, there are springs.

Quote

Charles Dickens, from Great Expectations

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears,

for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth,

overlying our hard hearts.

I was better after I had cried, than before,

more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude,

more gentle."

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