scattered reflections

Friday, May 6

Waterfall of Tears

God is not stoic. He may be unmovable in His essence, but His energies refract through the tears Jesus weeps. Scripture records Him weeping twice; once over the stubbornness of Jerusalem, and once over the death of His friend Lazarus. So - if God weeps, what keeps my tears from flowing? While it's not exactly the theme of T-Bone Burnett's sci-fi song, "Humans From Earth," he nails it in the third verse:
I know we may seem pretty strange to you
But we got know-how and a golden rule
We're here to see manifest destiny through
Ain't nothing we can't get used to
We easily get used to anything and everything with the result that no-thing can move us to weep. It's a damn shame too, because the world looks better seen through a waterfall of tears.