Stained with tears ( Lamentations 1 v 12 )

Returning to the boy who as a man discovered the Bible he had as a boy, it was crumbled and torn,and that the worst ravages were in the passages relating to the Passion,stained that might have been from tears.The Passion of our Lord would indicate deep emotional feelings,such was the experience of our blessed Saviours,no one has ever experienced such depths of heart breaking emotion,that in that garden of Gethsemane were his soul was overwhelmed with  grief. Jesus knew the depths of suffering that awaited Him,and as He wrestled in prayer, His sweat fell like drops of blood  to the ground.Then we move unto  the cross,and we are not underestimating his physical suffering,which left him with a body,disfigured beyond that of any human being,and his form marred beyond human likeness,as people looked on Him they were appalled ( Isaiah 53 v 14 ).But that's not all,it goes deeper, for the God of Love, will not excuse the guilty (Exodus 34 v 7 ),and all will be judged ,for we are all sinners. I hesitate to mention what that judgement  means,but I will not take any pleasure in mentioning hell,but with great sadness,I must.may God forgive anyone who delights in mentioning hell,the place of the unforgiven,that place of no hope,and no escape. I will not go any further,enough to say, it is clearly taught in the Bible.  Let us return to Christ and what I would call , Christs hidden suffering, this involved Christ taking the punishment for all those who accept Him as Saviour,the depths of that suffering goes beyond anything we could ever imagine,we have but a glimpse of it,when Christ cried out,'My God, my God,why have you forsaken me?. But praise God all who trust Jesus as Saviour will never experience ,being forsaken by God. In considering Christs death ,one wonders why there are not more tear stains on the pages of our Bibles.