Healing Tears
Jesus wept. John 11:35
Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are no times of tears. I think it is a mistake as Christians to act as though trusting the Lord and tears are not compatible. Francis A. Schaeffer
There could be no one person weeping greater than the Son of Man. So, if God preserved in scripture the knowledge that we can be dependent upon Him, yet experience grief so deep it resulted in weeping, then why would we think it makes us less like Jesus to cry?
There are numerous scriptural recordings of men and women weeping. There are over a half dozen of King David alone! There is not only a human emotional need to cry, but a spiritual need that reveals the hope of healing.
Sometimes tears must flow for us to experience the healing of our Abba Father.
I do not profess to understand how God has made us, Jesus has graced us, or the Holy Spirit moves us in this area of weeping, I just know by faith and the resulting experience, weeping leads to the joy of healing.
Is there a relationship, past failing, or current bondage that you need to weep over to receive God’s healing?
How may you not allow or give yourself or others the right to grieve?
Ask God to reveal the dam that is holding back the waters He desires to release to wash clean all your valleys.
Lord, You love us so much! We are made in Your image and are wonderfully and fearfully made. May we trust your craftsmanship and allow ourselves to be fully human and fully Yours. Break the dams we have built up. Let Your healing waters flow. Amen