Tears

     In the movie, The Passion of the Christ, as Jesus dies on the Cross, a single teardrop is seen falling from heaven to the ground.  This tear is a wonder, falling from the face of God to the earth.  It is a wonder on two counts.  One is the God of the universe is moved by emotion.  The events of this planet touch His heart.  Next is the wonder of sorrow.  This is God's plan and will be followed soon by the Resurrection.  God is full of hope and yet He cries.
     We are not God.  We have a hard time seeing the next three days, moreover seeing the solution to deep long term problems.  Images of devastated villages in Japan, unemployed workers, battlefields in distant countries, hungry children, and other casualties of the world flood our magazines, TVs, and computer screens.  There is a helpless feeling of what we can do to alleviate suffering or stop the devastation in a world which appears out of control.
     In this God tells us to hope.  He holds solutions and a better kingdom.  He draws the world to place where He will recreate it and wipe away all the sorrows and tears found in a world which rejects Him.  But as He was at the tomb of Lazarus, He is not unmoved by the world.  And as we wait in patience for our hope to be actualized sometimes the most holy response we can have is to cry.