Monday was Holocaust Day. At 11:00 the sirens started going, and kept going for two minutes. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stood still. Cars stopped on the road and people got out and stood beside their cars.
A small number of people did not stop. They just went on about their business as usual, as if it didn't pertain to them.
Ecc 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh ; a time to mourn , and a time to dance;
Rom 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice , and weep with them that weep.
Job had much wealth, but he did not take his ease, but rather remembered the less fortunate: -- Job 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
Solomon was heard because of his tender heart and humility: -- 2Ch 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.
It is not only right for us to weep with/for others, it might be very bad for us if we don't: -- Luke 6:25 Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Many others also have suffered. When you read about the BlackHawk Wars or Chief Joseph or the Trail of Tears, or about one child who suffered and died, or even one old person who simply died of old age, you can't not be moved. Even if you have not yet experienced at close hand any great sorrow of your own, you can Stand in Awe. And there are also those whom no one even knows about.
"Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward."
And Ecc 7:2 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced , and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.
Rev 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold , the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Luk 6:21 Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
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I agree with you--I saw so many times people just going about their business(e.g.bursting out in laughter) while we were in the hospital with Joshua whilst obvious catastrophe had befallen many parents/family members through either shocking news of a death or chronic/serious conditions. It is a sad thing to see. Alas, we can only do what we know to do is right and guide those we have access to, to the Truths for the Spirit's conviction, as you have aptly done here :)
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