David said in Psalm 6, "I'm worn out from groaning all night
long." Theologically the shedding of tears shows that the heart
is engaged. In others words as most believers said “Tears are a
language God understands.” in other words “Life is represented
as a scene of unending struggles and sorrows; and men are made to
walk under a constant shadow.”
as human we shed tears in our sorrows during our difficult times of our life; this shows that we are weak and asking of help from others to join in our difficulties; but Paul said that we should not sorrow as one who has no hope.scientists argued that “Tears are familiar
to the infant as well as the oldest person living at this very
moment. From infancy to old age the record of every man’s life is
written in letters of tears”.
The Bible has a great deal to say about this matter of “tears”.
In the Scriptures we see (babies) weeping; we discover (strong men)
crying…we read of our Lord weeping and shedding “tears”.
The first mention of ‘tears’ in the Bible is in [II Kings
20:5]. Here we have a record of a King weeping. King Hezekiah was
sick unto death…he had just been informed by the Prophet that he
was going to die. Turning his face to the wall, he cries out to the
Lord; pleading for his life. The Lord saw his tears and stayed the
hand of death and added years to his life.
It is found in [Revelation 21:4]- “And God shall wipe away
ALL TEARS from their eyes.”
God is the One who gave us “tears” to shed. He is also the
great ‘tear’ drier. God dried the ‘tears’ of King Hezekiah
when he cried to the Lord…And one day God will dry every ‘tear’
from the eyes of His children.
Every single one of us has shed “tears” at some time or
another----and the majority of us has shed many, many, many “tears”.
The shedding of “tears” is a peculiar unique human method of
expressing emotions, such as sorrow, pain, despair, and
disappointment. Man is the only created being who can laugh. Man, too, is the only
one who can shed ‘tears’ in the sense of expressing emotion.
we need to be proud because “Tears are a language, God understands.”
Whether you know it or not, God sees you in your good times and also
in your bad times. God is near you when you smile and also when you
are brokenhearted. God remembers when you think on Him because you
love Him---and He remembers you and records your “tears” when you
think on Him because you need Him close to you.
“Tears” of physical pain comes from experiencing some form of
disease. There is the pain of having surgery…having an accident…
Think of the child whose feelings are
hurt because they didn’t get their way.
"Sorrows, emotional pain cannot be treated by
physicians…they really cannot be understood by philosophers.
Medicine, pain pills cannot cure emotional distress. Doctors cannot
treat a heart that has been broken by death. A Preacher cannot take
away the hurt that a person feels when they have cancer".
“Tears that are shed make us willing to leave this
valley of the shadow of death and go home to be with Jesus. If there
were no troubles; if there were no sorrows; if there were no hurts;
if there were no separation; if there were no death, we would be
perfectly content to remain here on this earth forever.But the “tears” that have been shed; the “tears” that will
be shed by a Child of God remind us that one day all sorrow,
suffering; sickness; sadness; separation will be over.
Every trial
that comes into your life becomes a test of your faith. You either
pass or fail. To fail the test by wrongly responding to it allows it
to become a temptation. If it ends up leading you to sin, it has
proven to be successful in tempting you. If it ends up in victory, it
has proven to be successful in strengthening you. the quick solution is to shed tears. Simon Peter wept when he denied the Lord 3 times.
As the son of God we need to shed tears for his glory and not for our Pain because he is a comforter and healer of our pain.
AMEN
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