DAILY WORD – MONDAY 8^TH JUNE 2009 

Psalm 56:8 (New Living Translation)

You keep track of all my sorrows (wanderings).You have collected all my tears in Your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book.

Our tears are so precious to God that He collects each and every one, keeps them and records them; he is not indifferent to our pains and heartaches.

I have cried many tears over the years, been through times that I wondered where God was, and told myself to toughen up, stop crying and get my act together, with the attitude that tears are waste of time in such a tough world.

But our God doesn’t want us tough and without the capacity to weep as this attitude ultimately lead to a hardened heart. Our tears are a sign of a heart still tender and that’s why they are precious to God. 

Our tears should lead us back into His loving arms, dependant on His bringing us through whatever storms we may face in life --- He doesn’t want us to be hard and independent of Him as we will live in rebellion, bitterness and full of resentment.

So there are still many days that I go to Him in tears, feeling that life is just too much for me, and as look back I can see that His love, grace and knowledge of me has bought me through the bleakest of times.

I have realized that in many of these times He brings us through by bringing the character deep within us that we didn’t even know was there – His character – His strength – his wisdom which was sown into our hearts by His Holy Spirit.

So today, let your tears carry you into His arms!

 

Stay fervently focused

Much love

 

Chrissy