Amidst what may seem the unbearable sadness experienced during a time of bereavement, we may find our hearts asking the questions “Does Jesus know?” or “Does Jesus care?”
Based on events recounted in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of John, when Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus, does not this poem render a resounding “Yes” to these very questions?
In His short life He knew poverty, hunger, fatigue, loneliness, temptation, bereavement, rejection, false accusation and the cruelty and hatred of man in its worst form.
Whatever you may be facing or feeling today, never forget that the Lord Jesus, made in man’s likeness, knows and cares about all our human frailties and emotions. Why not draw solace today from the One who truly is “touched with the feelings of our infirmities” (Hebrews 4:15)? Surely how apt are the hymn writer’s words “What a Friend we have in Jesus”.