Are you fighting back tears today? Is life a little more than you can bear? Would a good old chest-jerking, snot-running, collar-wetting cry do you a world of good?

I have been there myself, times when I needed  to cry, times when it actually hurt not to cry. Why do we feel that we have to be so tough? Today, if you need to, give yourself permission to cry.

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. “ —Washington Irving

Females are such emotional creatures. I will be the first to admit that I am a big “cry baby”. We cry when we are happy. We cry when we are sad. We cry when someone does something bad to us and when someone does something good for us.

Tears drip when our baby comes into the world and, again, when our parents leave the world. We cry when we are mad, sad and glad, sometimes all at the same time. Sometimes we cry until we laugh and other times we laugh until we cry.

Love is the “quick trigger” for our tears. The more we love, the quicker we are brought to tears by the object of our affection. Tears come when our love is so much that it cannot be contained and it leaks out of our eyes. It is just too much for our human bodies.

We are created in God’s image. Jesus wept, you know. (John 11:35) We were created for relationship and God is all about relationships. If our love can become so much that it leaks out of our eyes, imagine how much more love our Heavenly Father is capable of. He loves us so much that He gave His only Son to die for us.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  (John 3:16)

I like to think that I love my neighbor, but I have never met anyone that I would willingly give either one of my sons’ left pinkies for. I cannot even begin to comprehend that kind of love.

God knew you and I would need a Savior. He knew that when I was 9 years old, He was going to tug on my heart on a Sunday morning and ask to come inside, and He hoped so much that I would say “yes!” Maybe He even held His breath waiting for my answer. What a wonderful statement of humbleness from our Almighty God! How unimaginable that He would die for me then give me a choice about whether or not I wanted to even accept His gift. Now that is Love!

He cares about our tears. Tears are prayers too. They travel to God when we cannot speak. Charles Swindoll has said, “A teardrop on earth summons the King of Heaven.” God heard the cry of the children of Israel, and, among other things, He parted the Sea to deliver them. They walked through on “dry” ground. He heard Mary and Martha’s cry and raised their brother, Lazarus, from the dead—four days after his death.

For those who accept Jesus as their Savior, one day there will be no more tears! Revelation 7:16-17 says, “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”

What a sweet promise! All that and the Bible says we will have a new body too. Guess our skin just could not handle all the love and joy of Heaven without exploding! I am pretty certain about one thing …our new bodies in Heaven will not come with tear ducts.

But for today while we still have them, tears soften the soul, clear the mind and open the heart. Go ahead, give yourself permission to cry if you need to. Sometimes our eyes need to be washed by our tears so that we can see life with a clearer view again.

Dear Lord: Thank You that You created us in Your image and that because of this, sometimes we feel so deeply that we cannot contain it. Thank You that You are never blind to our tears, deaf to our prayers, or silent to our pain. You know our hearts and You understand us. You see us, You hear us and You deliver us. What an awesome and loving Father You are! We love You! Amen

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. Psalm 56:8

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