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b'I grew up thinking I needed to hold it together. My teenage problems seemed\\nminuscule next to extreme poverty and world hunger. But I did have\\nproblems. And they felt big to me.\\n.\\nIn John 16:33, Jesus says, \\u201cIn this world you will have trouble.\\u201d He\\ndoesn\\u2019t say if; He says will. You will have trouble. Jesus\\u2019s statement has\\nstood the test of time. Our brothers and sisters in Christ have experienced\\npain and sorrow, including Martha and Mary.\\n.\\nTheir brother, Lazarus, became very sick. The sisters sent word of his\\nillness to Jesus. Jesus came but not right away. He arrived after Lazarus\\nhad died. Martha ran to Jesus at once, but not Mary. She stayed back,\\nhidden and hurting, with the other Jews who had come to comfort the family.\\n.\\nMartha approached Jesus with incredible trust and strength, declaring her\\nconfidence in His holy power. After Jesus spoke with Martha, He called for\\nMary, and she also came. She came, and she cried. She didn\\u2019t understand why\\nJesus hadn\\u2019t come and saved her brother, why He let the last breath escape\\nfrom Lazarus\\u2019s lungs.\\n.\\nJesus knew the story wasn\\u2019t over, that Lazarus would breathe and walk and\\ntalk again, but He didn\\u2019t pass over Mary\\u2019s grief. Instead, He wept with her.\\n.\\nIt\\u2019s okay to feel sad and share our pain with others. It\\u2019s what Jesus did.\\nBoth Martha and Mary had incredible trust in Jesus and His ways, but that\\ndidn\\u2019t stop them from feeling grief. At first, Mary stayed back, not\\nbringing her full self to Jesus. But He called, and she came.\\n.\\nJesus also calls to us. He is ready to come alongside us and weep amid any\\nsituation we find ourselves in. Jesus knows what happens on the other side\\nof our grief\\u2014because He died and rose again, He will put an end to death,\\nsuffering, and everything else that causes pain and sorrow. But that\\ndoesn\\u2019t mean He expects us to pass over our current feelings. \\u2022 Jenna\\nBrooke Carlson\\n.\\n\\u2022 What feelings are you experiencing today? Do you feel like you can bring\\nthese to Jesus?\\n.\\n\\u2022 Why do you think we are sometimes hesitant to show others how we feel? \\n.\\n\\u2022 Who is one person in your life you can share your true feelings with? If\\nno one comes to mind, you can ask God to help you identify someone in the\\nfuture. \\n.\\nWhen Jesus saw her weeping\\u2026 he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.\\n\\u201cWhere have you laid him?\\u201d he asked. \\u201cCome and see, Lord,\\u201d they replied.\\nJesus wept. John 11:33-35 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nJohn.11.1-John.11.44|John.16.33'