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“Weep with Those Who Weep”
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” Romans 12:15. There was a Sunday afternoon in June 2021 when I was between ministry jobs that I “cleaned house” with my Facebook friends. All those from high school or college that I hadn’t interacted with in several decades—gone! Acquaintances from the area I was leaving—gone! But, the real criteria was how much they had “been there” for me in the five months that my wife had been on hospice leading to her death the year before. Visits were hard during Covid, but if there was nary a call, text, or card—gone! And I didn’t feel bad about it but rather betrayed by them as I realized that they meant more to me than I had ever meant to them. Isn’t that the very definition of a fair-weather friend—one who is only by your side when times are good? We should never be like that as the church. Ra-ther, because God so loved us sinners that He sent His Son to die in our place, we are united by the bonds of that love. Blood is indeed thicker than water. So, while we rejoice with those who rejoice, celebrating as any family would, we also weep with those who weep as any family should. Are you there for those who need you?
