John 11

Wow! I can't believe we are already on day 11 of our Bible study! I really have no idea about who is actually reading my posts. I know that there are a few of you who do because y'all post on my Facebook page or send me a message to let me know that you've read it. Please continue to give me feedback. This is the best way to hold myself accountable. There have been nights (like tonight) that I have waited too late to post and I'm so tired that I want to skip it, but I know that there are at least two people who are reading it and I don't want to let them down. So I sincerely hope this is helping you also.

The 11th chapter of John was somewhat difficult for me to read. For some reason, I never see men as emotional creatures. I know the are, but we still don't see them cry very often. As a result, any time a man cries, I cry with them. I think that's why it's so difficult to read about Jesus experiencing emotion. I am a VERY EMOTIONAL person. So it really humbled me to know that Jesus had these same types of feelings and emotions that we have now. We have talked about this several times over the past few days. My dad spoke about prayer and healing at the breakfast at work day yesterday, we talked about healing in preschool church last week and this morning in Sunday school, we talked about why we thought Jesus came to earth as a man. While I understand that it was because that's how God planned it, I believe there was much more to it than that. God wanted us to know that we had a n intercession acting on our behalf that knows exactly what it's like to be human. He was tempted, beaten and murdered but yet still was raised from the dead.
When Jesus wept in this passage, we don't know why he did it, but I believe it was because he was 1. Moved with emotion 2. Pleased with the faith that was placed in him and 3. Because he knew what pain they were suffering. When those women believed that he could heal Lazarus and bring him back from the dead, Jesus knew they. As faith in him and I think it must have made him extremely proud. Faith is one thing I struggle with daily.i can learn a lot from these two ladies.