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Week 8 - 2013 "A G-d Who Catches Tears"
"When I am afraid
I put my trust in You.
The Lord knows the persecutions I have suffered,
He counted
and collected in a jar
all my tears and wrote each one of them in His book."
Are you afraid of something?
Are you crying for some reason?
Do you shed your tears alone?
I do not know
how many tears
you have cried.
But what I do know
is what the Bible says in Psalms 56;
The Lord knows His people's persecutions
and He
takes into account and collects
each one of them.
I think the author meant that:
There is nothing going on in my life that G-d is not aware of.
He is watching every detail,
He is willing to be on my side in every detail.
Jesus promised, "I will be with you
every day,
every day
until the end of time."
Sometimes we want to feel
the thrill of Jesus' presence.
And when we are sad, when we are feeling alone in the abyss,
we think that He is not there because we do not feel
that emotion coming from within us
due to His presence.
But we need to believe that we have
a comforter
on our side,
someone who promised to be with us until the end!
And we need to rationally decide
and think:
'He's with me. He is watching my tears, my crying.'
Some of us might be embarrassed to invite G-d to cry with us
because we might think that G-d
is too busy.
Because we think that He is not a personal G-d.
That G-d is a G-d who cares for other things, but in terms of my personal life
He does not care.
It seems that it's weird to be friends with someone we cannot see.
That is called 'Faith'!
Trusting someone you do not see but expecting
and believing that He exists.
G-d is so personal,
G-d is so considerate of human beings, even being so small
in a universe so immense, G-d observes every tear.
The Bible says that one day
all tears will cease.
I hope that day comes soon because
many times I feel tired of crying.
Many times I am home, and ...
a sudden sadness comes,
and takes hold of my heart.
And sometimes I'm washing dishes or doing something else and I say:
'Jesus please meet me in the room,
I'm going there because I need to talk with you Lord.'
So I go and sit on my bed, sometimes I kneel and say: 'Please sit here, Lord!
Sit here I need to cry a little.'
And I know He's watching every tear.
But one day
this will end.
In Revelation 7
verse 17, we have a beautiful verse
which says:
"For the Lamb at the centre of the throne
will be their shepherd; 'He will lead them
to springs of living water.'
'And God will
wipe away every tear
from their eyes.' "
G-d Himself will wipe every tear
from your eyes.
Today G-d is counting tears. Today G-d is on your side
watching you and watching over you while you cry.
But there will come a day you will cry no more and He will personally wipe away your tears.
Can you imagine
how fantastic this will be?
G-d will not send
a guardian angel to wipe your tears.
He will not send his angel
to care for this moment.
He will personally wipe away your tears.
How I long for that day. But until that day comes, my desire
for your heart, is that you remember one thing:
'The struggles of this world
are not compared
with the glory that will be revealed to me.'
I think about this verse when I'm crying. (♪ Come, Lord Jesus ♪)
And for now, do not feel ashamed of crying. (♪ Come, Lord Jesus ♪)
G-d is counting your tears. (♪ Come, Lord Jesus ♪)
May G-d bless you (♪ Come, Lord Jesus ♪)
and console your heart. (♪ Come, Lord Jesus ♪)