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b'When I was little, I would talk with God, praying, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153God, if you\\u2019re really up there, please show me a sign!\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nI think my prayer is one that, at one point or another, we all pray. We want to know if God is there. But we also want to know, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Is He here? Does He care about my thoughts and situations?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nIn John 11, Jesus\\u2019 close friends, Mary and Martha, sent a message asking Jesus to come to their house: their brother, Lazarus, was dying. They sought Jesus\\u2019 help and comfort during this difficult time, but Jesus delayed coming.\\nWhen Jesus finally arrived, Lazarus was dead, and the sisters asked Jesus why He didn\\u2019t prevent this. They wanted to know: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Do you care about us and what happens to us?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nJesus went to Lazarus\\u2019 tomb and wept. He knew He was the Resurrection and the Life, and that, in a few minutes, He would raise Lazarus from the dead. So why did He weep?\\nThe simple answer is Jesus grieves over sin and the hurt it causes\\u2014including death. He grieves over the fact that the people He made often reject Him, the only One who can rescue them from all that is broken. When we are hurt by the sin and brokenness in the world, it\\u2019s as if Jesus goes to the \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153tombs\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d in our lives and weeps along with us.\\nJesus is Emmanuel, meaning \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153God is with us.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Be encouraged because God has become one of us. God became a human to end sin and the brokenness it causes (John 1:1-14). When our trust is in Christ, through the Holy Spirit, God is here with us even now. He cares deeply about all the details of our lives. And He promises that His people\\u2014those who know Him through faith in Christ\\u2014will one day dwell with Him forever, free from tears (Revelation 21:1-5). \\u2022 Susan Grant\\n\\u2022 What specific things in your life have you wondered if God really cares about? \\n\\u2022 If you knew Jesus weeps over sin and the brokenness it causes, how would this make a difference in your life? \\nJesus wept. John 11:35 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nJohn 11:1-44'