The Antidote for Anxiety and Depression: Trust in Abba Father’s Care – Pt 71
God collects Your Tears!
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
– Psalm 56:8
Are you known for crying easily for every and anything? Tearfulness is often associated with anxiety and depression. People struggling with these conditions cry a lot. Sometimes, they are unable to explain why but the tears just well up and fall.
Tears are not wasted or cried in vain. Interestingly, tests carried out on tears revealed that tears have different composition dependent on what tears are being cried for. Crying is your body’s way of giving you relief from things that are too heavy for you to hold inside. It is purging a lot of the stuff that cannot come out by any other means. Tears are prayers to God. He collects all your tears in His bottle, I believe so that He can measure them and tell you the purpose each drop is shed. Thus, crying is healing. Perhaps you are tired of crying and you want it to stop but you seem unable to. Allow yourself to empty, it is apt to cry, when there is nothing left to cry, it will stop.
However, if after there is nothing left to cry and you are still crying them that is a cause for concern. It means then that crying is not only healing for you but also an expression of hopelessness. This kind of excess crying only has the potential to make and keep you ill.
When I read the Psalms, I realize that David struggled with depression. He expressed that during the night or times of adversity or the darkest seasons in his life, he was worn out with his groaning as his tears flooded his bed and drenched his couch (see Psalm 6:6). That sounds to me like a whole lot of crying for a very long time!
I certainly can identify with David. Can you? Nevertheless, God knows and is touched by every drop of tear you cry. Know assuredly that there is coming a day when you will be with Him in a place where He will wipe away all tears from your eyes (see Revelation 21:4). Until then, if you let Him, He will help you to be healed by your tears today.
Shalom!
MY PRAYER FOR TODAY
Abba, I worship You because I love You. Thank You for collecting all my tears in your bottle. Sometimes I don’t even know why I cry but you know the reason for every tear I shed. I declare that my tears are healing me. I am hopeful that there is coming a time when I will be with Abba in a place where He will wipe away all tears from my eyes. I pray this by faith in Jesus’ precious name with thanksgiving. Amen!
