When my father died, two people-- two pastors, on two separate occasions-- congratulated me for his death.
When Lazarus died, his two sisters Martha and Mary, on separate occasions, spoke with Jesus.
Martha told Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died!" Mary, weeping, told Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"
NO ONE, NOT ONE CONGRATULATED MARTHA AND MARY FOR THE DEATH OF THEIR BROTHER.
Yes, not even Jesus!
When Jesus saw Mary and everyone else weeping for his dearest friend, he was overwhelmed with sorrow and deeply moved. Jesus wept.
When a loved one dies, we don't pretend that everything is okay. When a loved one dies, congratulations are never in order. When a loved one dies, we are allowed to mourn.
With thousands dead and millions displaced by the senseless US-Israeli war of aggression, congratulations, in any form or shape, are beyond cruel. Trump's Epic Fury is an Epic Fail.
Today, Jesus weeps. With Palestinians, Lebanese, Iranians, and with everyone at the receiving end of Trump and Netanyahu's insatiable lust for power, profit, and domination.
Today, we weep.
We weep until our tears reach heaven's gate. We weep until our cries and wails shake the foundations of the earth.
We weep until God's righteous fury is unleashed.
Like rain on a world set ablaze.
*photograph of Palestinian women in Gaza (from abc Australia).
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