All types of Tears…..My agonizing tears…. Your painful tears…..oh God, even the excruciating tears…our silent tears….those tears that run down in utter silence, they stem from our hearts when we are alone…when darkness falls on our lives….when the gloomy clouds hide the bright sun, when friends leave us and we stand all alone….when our pretense fades away and reality appears again…when we take a deep sigh as if it is the last …..when hearts cry….
We are good at playing the pretense game….You see, even with our closest people we may pretend with a happy face or a smile …… and we think that no one can see through us….. or at least that is what we think…for no one can see our silent tears, how would they know how much we hurt….
But the truth is that God knows and sees it all…..Psalm 38:9 “You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh.”
…… But Why do YOU keep my tears in that Priceless Bottle, God?….. why are they collected and no one tear wasted?…..
God: so that I can give you back what was lost, restore the years to you, the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter. ….not only that but with My tender hands will wipe away every tear from your eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away…Not only that but I collect them because I respond to each one of them.
When people wept God’s heart moved…..In Genesis 21:17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.”
When Hezekiah wept….God responded….2 Kings 20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you.”
When Jesus saw the Widow of Nain He responded….” When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry”….and He raised her son from the dead…
God listens to the your falling tears, especially to the silent tears…..He listens to it as it falls, and with every drop of our silent tears, He can hear them call out to Him, call out His name….and through the too many noises around us, they reach the heavens….they reach God’s heart…..and moves Him for each tear is very dear….. that why He collects them…..in that Priceless Bottle……the Bottle that CONTAINS YOUR PRICELESS TEARS…THAT MOVE GOD’S HEART in due time….. for tears are a language that God understands when loved ones fail……
