588) Some assume when they read or hear that God grieves, it’s because of the evil He sees on this earth. That is true but it’s also equally true that God sees and grieves over our specific miseries in this life. He is not a stoic bystander; He heard the cry of the Israelite slaves. Jesus wept over the death of His friend, Lazarus. God grieves. Exodus 3:7, John 11:35