OUR TEARS AND OUR SIGHS

Psalm 56:8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. 

Psalm 38:9 You know what I long for, Lord, you hear my every sigh.

I felt the Lord wanted to talk to us about our tears and our sighs today because He hears every single one of them and they matter to Him. I don't know about you but that comforts me greatly and when I read these two verses it confirms how much God cares for us and is involved in our lives so intimately. He hears your every sigh today and He sees every single one of your tears and He collects them in a bottle and records them in a book because they matter to Him. I'm thinking His book needs to be pretty big to write all our sighs and tears in!

When someone dear to us has gone we have so many tears of grief  but we can know that God promises He is the One who heals the brokenhearted and He will help us reach the point where we can thank Him so much for all the time we did have with them before they left. 

Maybe you've been crying because of concern for others and their situations.  What about the times when we cry and we don't even know why we're crying! Ever felt like that? That happens to me.  And then there are the times we have tears of happiness and He records those too. God sees and hears them all.

But whatever reason we sigh or cry, God is right there with us and He is the God of all comfort.

Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 

God reminds us here that the Holy Spirit groans on our behalf and He is interceding for us when we can't seem to do it for ourselves so be comforted today, know that God hears you and He knows your troubles and He's working behind the scenes. 

All He asks of us is that we trust Him even when we don't have the answers, when we have more 'why's' than we know what to do with. May I suggest that we give them all to Him, our loving Heavenly Father who holds us all in His powerful hand. We may not know why things happen but He does and that is what really matters. 

So whatever has caused you to sigh or caused your tears be encouraged, He wants you to know He is listening and He cares very deeply for you and about you. Even more than that He is upholding you and strengthening you and He has promised to give you the oil of joy in place of mourning. (Isaiah 61:3). 

His arms of love are wrapped around you. Thank You Lord.