Wednesday, September 21, 2011;
♥ 4:08 PM
God really speaks to us, its really just so amazing.
Devotion for the day: A Lesson in Crying
Has your heart ever been broken? What broke it? Cruelty? Failure?
Unfaithfulness? Loss? Perhaps you’ve crept into the darkness to cry.
It’s good to cry. “Tears are the only cure for weeping,” said Scottish preacher George MacDonald. A little crying does one good.
Jesus wept at His friend Lazarus’ grave (
John 11:35),
and He weeps with us (v.33). His heart was broken as well. Our tears
attract our Lord’s loving kindness and tender care. He knows our
troubled, sleepless nights. His heart aches for us when we mourn. He is
the “God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation” (
2 Cor. 1:3-4). And He uses His people to comfort one another.
But tears and our need for comfort come back all too frequently in
this life. Present comfort is not the final answer. There is a future
day when there will be no death, no sorrow, no crying, for all these
things will “have passed away” (
Rev. 21:4).
There in heaven God will wipe away every tear. We are so dear to our
Father that He will be the one who wipes the tears away from our eyes;
He loves us so deeply and personally.
Remember, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (
Matt. 5:4).
Think of a land of no sorrow,
Think of a land of no fears,
Think of no death and no sickness,
Think of a land of no tears. —Anon.
God cares and shares in our sorrow.
He is so real, Praise the LORD! (:
the voice of truth
tells me a different story
the voice of truth says
'do not be afraid'
