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b'In our day-to-day lives, we meet different people who affect us in\\ndifferent ways. Some say and do things that break our hearts and cause us\\ntears. Some of the people who hurt our feelings are those closest to us\\u2014our\\nfriends, schoolmates, and even our parents. There are other things that\\nbreak our hearts\\u2014broken relationships, sickness and disease, and the loss\\nof loved ones. When these things happen, we might feel all alone in our\\nsadness, like nobody cares. Sometimes, we get in our beds and cry ourselves\\nto sleep. We ask the Lord many questions, and we wonder why God allowed\\nsuch things to happen to us. But, in times of pain and heartache, the Lord\\nknows and feels our pain. As we see in John 11, Mary was very sad because\\nof the loss of her brother, and when Jesus saw her crying, He was \\u201cdeeply\\nmoved in spirit and troubled\\u201d (verse 33). He felt her pain. And when He was\\nshown where Lazarus had been buried, Jesus wept. Jesus felt for Mary as she\\ngrieved this loss. However, Jesus did not stop at crying. He healed Mary\\u2019s\\npain by calling Lazarus from the grave. When we are hurt and our hearts are\\nbroken, it can seem like no one understands our pain. When we see others\\naround us laughing and happy, we might not see any reason to be happy\\nourselves. In such times, let us remember that our Lord understands our\\nfeelings, and He is ready to heal our pain. So, when our hearts are broken\\nand we are in tears, let us run quickly to Jesus, and He will help us. \\u2022\\nEnid Adah Nyinomujuni \\u2022 What kinds of things have left you broken-hearted?\\nJesus invites us to tell Him about what we experience (even though He\\nalready knows) and pour out all our messy questions. As we come to Him, He\\nbrings healing to our hurts. And, if we\\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus, we can\\nlook forward to the day He will return and raise us from the dead, and all\\nour pain will be forever healed. \\u2022 As Christians, God calls us to empathize\\nwith other\\u2019s pain and \\u201cmourn with those who mourn\\u201d (Romans 12:15; 1\\nCorinthians 12:26). Have you ever experienced someone doing this for you?\\nHow could you do this for others? When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews\\nwho had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and\\ntroubled\\u2026Jesus wept. John 11:33, 35 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.56.8|John.11.32-John.11.44|Ps.30.5'