we follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus-not surely, b…

C. S. Lewis
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we follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus-not surely, because He was grieved that Mary and Martha wept, and sorrowed for their lack of faith (though some thus interpret) but because death, the punishment of sin, is even more horrible in his eyes than in ours. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). God in the Dock, p.159, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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