![]() ![]() …whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. There is beauty in this, His rain of tears, the spilling of the divine onto our mortal soil.įallen sakura petals in Tokyo (photo by Nate Gibson) Our Jesus who wept with us became a promise of ultimate joy. He understands and feels what we feel, His tears just as plentiful and salty, His overwhelming feelings of love brimming so full they must be let go and cannot be held back. When I read that Jesus weeps as He witnesses the tears of grief of His dear friends, I am comforted. It is so human, yet we know tears contain the divine. Their weeping moves and reassures me - it is a raw and authentic spilling over when the internal dam is breaking. Others sit soaking in tears of hopelessness and despair. Most describe their feelings completely dry-eyed, unwilling to let their emotions flow from inside and flood their outsides. Rather than suicide, Jesus’ tears lead to abundant life.Īgain today I will see patients in my clinic who are struggling with depression, who are contemplating whether living another day is worth the pain and effort. ![]() Rather than to despair, though, Jesus’ tears lead the way to the greatest hope of the resurrection. ![]() His tears remain with us as an enduring reminder of the Savior who weeps. Jesus’ tears were also ephemeral and beautiful. Hakanai bi (ephemeral beauty) denotes sadness, and yet in the awareness of the pathos of life, the Japanese found profound beauty.įor the Japanese, the sense of beauty is deeply tragic, tied to the inevitability of death. Cherry blossoms are most beautiful as they fall, and that experience of appreciation lead the Japanese to consider their mortality. To long for the moon while looking on the rain,īeauty, to the Japanese of old, held together the ephemeral with the sacred. Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, ![]()
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