“When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.” — John 11:33 NIV

The Lord Jesus Christ is not a callous unemotional being who is unmoved in spirit by the sorrow of the human experience. The message of the Scriptures is that the Son of God came into our world to show us the true character of God the Father. The sorrow prevalent in our day to day lives is not lost on God, because He has a plan to end it. We may want an immediate response of divine retribution but God is working out a more thorough plan that will end sin, suffering, and sorrow for all eternity.

A plan of redemption is in deliberate motion for the sake of bringing an eternal end of sin and allowing as many people as possible to have the opportunity to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. It may seem like God delays justice and our deliverance from it all, but on resurrection morning when eternity is before us, no one will recall their earthly sorrows.