I got this from a book I'm reading right now:

"We have spread so many coats of whitewash over the historical Jesus that we scarcely see the glow of his presence any more. Jesus is a man in a way that we have forgotten men can be: truthful, blunt, emotional, nonmanipulative, sensative, compassionate-so liberated that He did not feel it unmanly to cry; so secure He could engage anyone head on and deal with them right where they were. Underneath all our coverup is a man exquisitly in touch with his emotions and uninhibited in expressing them."

In the book of Luke, Jesus stopped a funeral procession where a woman's only son was being carried off to be buried. It said that when Jesus saw her, His heart broke (another translation says that He had compassion on her) He acted on that emotion and raised the boy from the dead. It wasn't because the boy was dead...it was because He saw her tears and His heart ached for her. That's pretty cool.

It's kind of sobering to think of Jesus in this way. It puts a different spin on christianity all together. When we see the son of God dealing with human emotions it brings Him closer to our heart. Knowing that He not only created emotions but also experienced them firsthand makes me realize that He know exactly where I'm at and how I feel at any given moment. I guess I can say that makes me feel safe...