Today's Scripture
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: 2 Chronicles 13-14; Luke 7:1-30
Don’t Cry – Luke 7:11-17
11 A little later Jesus went to a city called Nain. His disciples and a great crowd traveled with him. 12 As he approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. 13 When he saw her, the Lord had compassion for her and said, “Don’t cry.” 14 He stepped forward and touched the stretcher on which the dead man was being carried. Those carrying him stood still. Jesus said, “Young man, I say to you, get up.” 15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
16 Awestruck, everyone praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding region.
What does this passage mean to me/us?
When we say, “Don’t cry” to someone else, it sounds like we need to ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps.’ However, Jesus says, “Don’t cry” to this woman was different.
He knew who she was. He knew that losing her son meant she lost everything and was now alone. He knew her worries and feeling of loneliness. So Luke says, “the Lord had compassion for her.” Meaning that he truly knew what she was going through.
His ‘don’t cry’ was not a ‘wipe your tears and get yourself together’ type of a don’t cry. Rather his ‘don’t cry’ was saying, ‘I know what you are going through and see how I make a way’ type of a don’t cry.
So ‘don’t cry’ and see how our Lord makes a way.
Prayer
Lord, hear our prayers and make your way in our lives. Be with us today, and help us see how you wipe our tears away.
In Christ Name we pray, AMEN.
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