Richard
TEARS
Ever wonder if God understands
what
is happening in your life? Does He hear your cries? Does He see your tears?
Does
He care? No matter what we are going through today, God understands, and He
understands our tears. When we've cried for a while, wipe the tears
away
and say, “Although what I’m going through right now is very painful, I know
I
still serve a God who makes no mistakes!” And believe it!
I love the Psalms because they give us
beautiful
pictures of what our intimate relationship with God is like. Psalm 56:8 (NLT) gives us one of those snapshots of God’s
tenderness with us when we are experiencing incredible sorrow in our life.
“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my
tears
in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book”.
He
not only keeps track of all our sorrows, hurts and heartaches, He has
recorded
them in His book. Every tear we’ve cried He has stored in our bottle, the
one He
keeps just for us. What a beautiful gentle picture this is of our God,
a
Father who tenderly collects our tears and holds them close to His
heart.......
We are given this promise when
Christ returns to dwell with us in the new heaven and new
earth…“And God shall
wipe
away every tear from their eyes. There shall be no more death, nor sorrow,
nor
crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have been passed
away.” (Revelation 21:4) We see "tears" being shed
so
often that we forget just how precious they are. 'Tears' have meaning;
"tears"
speak volumes. 'Tears' that flow from the face of a person may be overlooked
by
others, but they are not shunned or overlooked by Heaven. They are bottled
up;
they are recorded … You could say; "Tears are a language God
understands.
“I wonder how many tear bottles in
heaven
bear your initials.
You’ll never have many until you let go and
let
a little tenderness run
loose.”
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