Matthew 2:16-18
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah (31:15) was fulfilled:
"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."
Sometimes when we do what is right, other people suffer for it. These Benjamite children were innocent, but were murdered by a wicked king.
We are to mourn with those who have sustained a loss, but we are never to not do what is right in order to spare some one else the negative consequences. God is still in control, and when other people experience sorrow or loss or other trouble because of our doing right, then God's plan for those other people is to carry them through whatever they're facing. We each have our own road to travel with our Lord, and they have theirs.
We only need to make sure that the trouble others face is not the result of our own selfishness or neglect. I know that my own careless words have resulted in broken hearts, when I could have kept that muzzle on my mouth.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
