God Sees Your Tears - Day 7

“I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭6:6-9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Looking at the images on the news of people suffering is sometimes overwhelming. There seems to be so much pain, so many tears, yet it seems that there is so little we can do about it. Sometimes that person who is suffering and crying is you; and in those times, you may wonder if anyone really sees your tears.

Someone once said, “Smile and the world smiles with you; cry and you cry alone.” Now, you may have at least one friend who does care when you have sorrow; but it is in the midst of sorrow, that we do tend to FEEL more alone, whether that is the case or not. Additionally, it’s easier to convey our happiness about something to someone than it is to share and expose our inner grief.

There was a song we sang when I was growing up: “I Must Tell Jesus.” The bottom line of the message of the song was that I must tell Jesus, because Jesus can help me, Jesus alone. Sometimes we may not only feel this way, but often, it may actually be the truth. There is a level of sorrow, grief, and sadness, that can only be soothed by the Master’s touch.

In our portion of Psalms today we see that David is pouring out raw emotions to the Lord. He is not ashamed to “cry his eyes out” before his Shepherd, knowing that He sees, hears, and will answer.

In another place David expresses that the Lord stores up our tears in His bottle and writes about them in His book!

“You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book? When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭56:8-9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Our Lord is intensely personal with His own. He cares when we are hurting. He is ready to comfort the sorrowful soul.

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

God sees your tears.

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