But, when Paul exhorted us to “rejoice always,” he didn’t mean that we should be constantly laughing and smiling. He didn’t mean that we should say “goody-goody” when a loved one dies. He didn’t mean that we should cackle or laugh when someone criticizes us. Ecclesiastes 3 tells us that there is not only a time to laugh but also a time to cry. In John 11 Jesus Christ stood outside the tomb of Lazarus and He wept. He also wept in Luke 19 as He stood outside the city of Jerusalem and pronounced judgment