Loving Ones,

If there is anyone who doesn't want to read this email, please hit the
delete key now. I loved this, and wanted to pass this one on to all of you.

Lovingly,
Pat Ferguson



>JESUS WEPT
>Jesus walked one morning in a Church. A family, visiting there, dark of skin
>and light of spirit, was greeted and welcomed by an assistant pastor. The
>senior pastor took him aside and chastised him, saying "We don't need their
>kind here. They have their own churches." Jesus said, "Did I not die that
>all my children might be one? Why do you see only the differences among
>you?" And Jesus wept. Jesus walked one morning in a Seminary. As he entered
>a classroom, he heard a heated debate concerning signs and wonders and
>tongues and dispensations. Jesus said, "Did I not send my Holy Spirit to be
>a comforter and to bring you peace? But you have grieved Him with your
>battles. Did not my servant Paul tell you all to be filled with the Holy
>Spirit? Why do you not pray with an open heart that I might fill you, and
>allow me to do so as I will: according to my gracious and varied and
>bountiful gifts?" And Jesus wept. Jesus walked one morning near a House of
>Congress. As he passed among a few of His children who worked there in
>Congress, he heard them fighting with words. He pressed closer to listen to
>them as they argued over the political sides they had taken. Jesus said,
>"Did I not call you to be Kings and Priests? How shall you rule in my coming
>Kingdom if you cannot love each other and listen for my wisdom speaking from
>the hearts of all my redeemed servants? Will you not consider that you see
>through a glass darkly, and that your brother may have been shown a
>different view, that between you that you may share in the discovery of the
>best solutions? And Jesus wept. Jesus walked one afternoon on a college
>campus. He heard a man preaching in His name, shouting out to the young
>women who walked by that they were whores because they wore trousers,
>shouting out against drunkenness and sloth, alienating the students by his
>assumptions and accusations. Jesus said, "Did not my servant Peter tell you
>to share my hope with gentleness and respect? Will not your love draw men
>unto me?" And Jesus wept. Jesus walked one afternoon in a park. A young
>woman sat there with tears running down her face, sobs wrenching her body,
>hopeless and not knowing where to turn. He saw his children walk by deep in
>conversation, not seeing her need. Jesus said, "Did I not say that faith
>without works is dead? How can you ignore this one who is hurting? I have
>given you answers for this woman's cry; can you not take time out to listen
>to her plea? And Jesus wept. Jesus walked one morning at a work place. He
>saw one of His children beaten down in despair, standing alone in the
>presence of one who was under the influence of demonic works of darkness.
>Jesus said, "Did I not give you authority over all the powers of the enemy?
>Did I not defeat him at Calvary? Why do you not put on your full armor and
>stand against him? Why do your brothers and sisters not stand with you when
>you are weak? Have I not promised to be with you in the fight? Have I not
>promised deliverance for the captives? and salvation for the oppressed? And
>Jesus wept. Jesus walked one evening in a restaurant. His children were
>gathered there to dine. He heard them discussing their waiter. "He's
>obviously a homosexual! I'm not even sure I want to touch this food after
>him. How disgusting he is! Jesus said, "Did I not come to cleanse all men?
>How is his sin more disgusting to me than yours? Shall you pick up the first
>stone? Then He turned to the waiter and said gently, with all His love
>filling His voice, "Go, my son, and sin no more." And Jesus wept. Jesus
>walked one night on the Internet. Where His children gathered in His name.
>He saw some of them preaching His word, comforting the hurting, defending
>the helpless, and praising His name. He walked among them, touching their
>hearts with his love. But then He saw many others, His children all, and
>watched and listened to their words and hearts. And Jesus wept. Have YOU
>made Jesus weep lately?
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