When was the last time you cried?

"As he approached and saw the city, He Wept over it" (Luke 19:41, HCSB)

This verse has been in my mind since before Easter.  As I had been teaching about Palm Sunday, and Jesus' triumphal entry, this verse has just stood out..... and stayed there.

So I ask the question:  when was the last time you cried?

Not at a movie
Not over a relationship
Not over a loss of love one
Not over hurt
Not over anger

When have you cried over the state of your city, your state, your country, your world.

Jesus stood before Jerusalem and wept, because in less than a week so much would change.  They would go from faithful followers worshipping Him to blood thirsty people who wanted Him crucified.

People can debate all day about the state of our society.  We can debate about life and when it starts, when can debate about marriage and how it is defined, we can debate about prayer and when its appropriate, and we can debate about 10 commandments and where they could be posted. 

My perspective is simply from a Christian Conservative point of view.  Our society is far from being a morally acceptable state.  Does that bother me?  Does that bother you?

So what do we do about it, what do i do about it?

The morally decaying state of society today does one very sad thing, It breaks the heart of God.  Our society has gone from a majority that follows Christ, to a minority.  A society now that questions everything moral, and justifies as much as they can.

"He Wept"

Breaks the heart of God.

"He Wept"

Breaks the heart of His Son

"He Wept"

Does it break the heart of His people?

Now, here is where it gets personal....  Instead of breaking our hearts, it makes us angry.  We argue, we fight, we are down right mean and hateful to a society that doesn't agree with us.  There is a "righteous anger" that we need to have mind you, but that righteous anger does not justify us to become that which is opposite of our Jesus.

"He Wept", It broke His heart.

The very people that followed Him that day would turn their backs on Him later.  The very country that followed Him years ago is turning theirs backs on Him today.

"He Wept", it breaks His heart.

Instead of being angry, it should break our heart.  Then we would be moved to righteous action.

Lord break my heart, for what breaks yours,

Chris

(I know this blog probably reads jumbled, but my mind is jumbled this day)