{"id":22334,"date":"2023-04-18T07:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=22334"},"modified":"2023-04-18T07:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:32:59","slug":"jesus-wept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=22334","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Wept"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jason Crabb - Good Morning Mercy (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aRb9C4v8XtA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Poet Ann Weems (1934\u20132016) suffered tragedy firsthand when her twenty-one-year-old son was murdered. She poured her profound grief into writing her own versions of lament psalms. Here she takes heart from Jesus\u2019 own weeping:&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus wept, \u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and in his weeping,\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0he joined himself forever\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0to those who mourn.<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He stands now throughout all time, \u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0this Jesus weeping,\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 with his arms about the weeping ones:\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cBlessed are those who mourn, \u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 for they shall be comforted.\u201d\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He stands with the mourners,\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0for his name is God-with-us.\u00a0<br>Jesus wept.\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cBlessed are those who weep, for they shall be comforted.\u201d Someday. \u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Someday God will wipe the tears from Rachel\u2019s eyes.\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life, \u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 there is a deafening alleluia\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 rising from the souls \u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 of those who weep,\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and of those who weep with those who weep.\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 If you watch, you will see\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the hand of God\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 putting the stars back in their skies\u00a0<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 one by one. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-4-500x311.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22336\" width=\"837\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-4-500x311.png 500w, http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-4-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-4-768x478.png 768w, http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-4-1536x955.png 1536w, http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-4-2048x1274.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will have no fear of bad news;<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0their hearts are steadfast,\u00a0trusting in the\u00a0Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You\u2014in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poet Ann Weems (1934\u20132016) suffered tragedy firsthand when her twenty-one-year-old son was murdered. She poured her profound grief into writing her own versions of lament psalms. Here she takes heart from Jesus\u2019 own weeping:&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus wept, \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and in his weeping,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22334"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22341,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334\/revisions\/22341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}