Good Morning, I pray today will find you right in the middle of the will ; of the Wheel in the middle of the wheel.
I would like to pour out what was placed in my heart som time ago... I will be talking about the Tears we cry, why we cry, what crying shows us about ourselves , others and most importantly what God says about our tears...
Psalm 56: 8 states...You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book ?. What the writer is saying Lord You know everything there is to know about me including the stuff that is hidden from my own knowledge, AND STILL LOVE ME , you look upon, care about and are moved by my tears, so much so that you have captured them and keep a remembrance of them for Your own good pleasure.
Most of us know that a tear is a drop of salty fluid which flows from ones eyes ... it can be caused by irritation from an eyelash, an allergic reaction , something foreign making its way in or simply due to weeping... Now I am not an optometrist or Jesus, but I do know that tears are necessary or why else would God have allowed them to be a part of us being fearfully and wonderfully made ?
People cry for many reasons ranging from the birth of a child, to the death of a friend or loved one Sometimes you don`t even have to know a person to weep for them. Some of us cry over a good movie, the first day of school, graduation ceremonies, wounded animals, break ups, weddings, birthday parties, family gatherings etc... ok I should say we WOMEN cry at all these events. Others cry over injustice, neglect, from laughing so hard, or people speaking well of them. One surefire way to get me to start running like a faucet is for me to see people worship Jesus !...
Men can and some actually do cry about the birth of a baby ,but truth be told.. cutting an onion would probably yield more tears. Fact being that most men were told it was not "cool" to cry... if he fell he was told to get up and act like a man even though he was only 5 years old, if he wanted to hug his dad some were rejected and called "gay". They grew as young men ... reached out to young women, but didn`t get far because they were limited in the area of dealing with and expressing their emotions through the shedding of tears; so you guessed it... disastrous unions would soon follow... Which to this very day has manifested itself into abusive relationships, low self esteem, same sex partnerships, womanizing and even divorce..
Others have made songs like.. I`M NOT GON CRY, ALL CRIED OUT, TRACKS OF MY TEARS, I DON`T WANNA CRY. Thanks so much... Mary J. Blige, Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam, Smokey Robinson and Mariah Carey . They even had a group called Tears for Fears.... What am I saying ?.. glad you asked; as babies we couldn`t verbally express what we are feeling so crying was our only means of communication and we even had different cries that pertained to the need... some were hunger cries, others were.. I need a diaper aka wardrobe change, I am sleepy, I want to be held... and you know the list goes on and on.
Some of our parents unkowingly damaged us by not allowing us to cry.. I witnessed a mom telling her 3 year old.. quit crying and acting like a baby. I was like she is only 4,380 days old SHE IS A BABY !. We tell them things like ... your tears don`t move me , not realizing many of us can`t express ourselves today because of the ridicule or reprimand we recieved. On the flipside, some of us are so traumatized we cry about any and everything uncontrollably. HELP LORD .
We all heard the story of the Boy who cried wolf, or the phrase "Crocodile tears" . Evidentally the boy wanted some attention and conjured up a way to recieve it ... Sometimes we do use our tears for manipulation purposes , but I will leave that alone for right now. During my younger years I knew of a lady who had to use what they called " Artificial Tears" because for some reason she couldn`t produce enough on her own so the solution assisted her in that area.
Now back to the scripture the text tells us clearly that He is concerned about everything that concerns us.. I believe PEOPLE get tired of us crying , but God alone understands the depths as well the paramount of where our weeping derives. He even used a man named Jeremiah who was referred to as the "weeping prophet" to mourn and lament and prophetically speak to the peole of God.. Jer. 9: 17-19 even speaks of " professional ' mourners.
New testament writings allow us to witness how Jesus cried over people and situations
Jesus wept... John 11: 35... Over Lazarus
Blessed are those who mourn... Matthew 5:4.. Not so much because of life issues, but moreso
due to fellowship with Christ and how we are sorrowful of our sins as well as the state of the world.
Jerusalem.. How I wanted to gather your children together as hens gather her chicks, but you were not willing !... Matthew 23:37.. Is this just not like us we reject God , are not willing to repent, get disappointed and find ourselves in a flood of tears.
Great news is that in Revelation 21: 4... We are given a promise that God will wipe away every tear from our eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow,nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away...
In closing I would encourage you to cry ... it releases stress , reduces headaches and outburts, makes for a grander , home, workplace and church service just to name a few. Most of all it allows us to be naked and unashamed with God. Instead of trying to compartmentalize, ignore or unsuccessfully hide from Him what He knew before the foundations of the world. God has given us permission to cry, but He has also given us provision to overcome that which keeps making us cry.
Love Yall to Life...
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