It’s Okay to Cry

“How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!” —Matthew 23:37

Jobs, finances, health, people, and relationships all have the power to disappoint us. How should we—believers in Christ—handle the disappointments that hurt our hearts and weary our souls?

One way is to allow ourselves to grieve. God created us with emotions. To deny them is to deny our humanity. Jesus wept over the city that rejected Him (Matt. 23:37).

Jesus experienced many of the same emotions we experience. Isaiah describes Him not as a distant God who is far removed from our pain but as a “man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isa. 53:3 ESV). We can trust Him with our hurt.

But Jesus isn’t only a confidant and a soft shoulder upon which to cry. He’s our example for how to handle our disappointment. Scripture describes how, after He wept over Jerusalem, He set His face toward the cross and did what God called Him to do. Tears may be a natural precursor to action, but they’re not a substitute for it.

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“How Should Christians Handle Disappointment?” (ReviveOurHearts.com/blog)

Scripture taken from The CSB