Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**Daily Devotional**
[Jesus] groaned in the spirit and was troubled. ?John 11:33
My friend was making a major change in her life?she was leaving her employer of 50 years for a new venture. She cried when she said her goodbyes. And as she did, she frequently said, ?Sorry about the tears.?
Why do we sometimes feel the need to apologize for crying? Perhaps we look at tears as showing a weakness in our character or a vulnerability we don?t like. Maybe we?re uncomfortable or think our tears are making others uncomfortable.
Our emotions, however, are God-given. They?re a characteristic of our having been made in God?s image (Gen. 1:27). He grieves. In Genesis 6:6-7, He was sorrowful and angry about His people?s sin and the separation it caused between Him and them. Jesus, God in the flesh, joined His friends Mary and Martha in grieving over the loss of their brother Lazarus (John 11:28-44). ?He groaned in the spirit and was troubled? (v.33). He ?wept? (v.35). ?Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb? (v.38). I doubt that He apologized.
Someday when we get to heaven, there will be no more sorrow or separation or pain, and God will wipe away every tear from our eyes (Rev. 21:4). In the meantime, the tears may flow. No apologies needed. ? Anne Cetas
He knows our burdens and our crosses,
Those things that hurt, our trials and losses,
He cares for every soul that cries,
God wipes the tears from weeping eyes. ?Brandt
If you doubt that Jesus cares, remember His tears.