And times like those I have been describing may be the only times when we truly know just how much we do believe in Jesus. When we are surrounded by death, if we listen carefully we will hear the commanding voice of Jesus calling us out of the tomb in which we have hidden. He bids us rise above the garbage that burns the nostrils of our lives. He will do that for the sake of the tears his son shed as he dealt with a death worse than physical death the death which is the wage of sin, the death of which physical death is but a symptom. Never be afraid to cry.
Real people weep.
Yet we do not weep as those who have no hope. Our hope is in the one who shed tears for us, and with the tears, his holy, precious blood. Thus death is conquered and we know that to live is Christ and to die is gain. D. , Used by Permission About the Author . . . George Lobien is retired and on the staff of King of Glory Lutheran Church in Williamsburg Virginia.