The Language Of Tears 

 

There is not a person among us who does not speak this language. We may be from different parts of the world and share different cultures, yet we all speak it. The language that I am referring to is the "Language of Tears."

 

Tears oftentimes say more than words could ever express. In fact, there are times when we find that we cannot speak, but, Oh Thank God, our tears do flow.

 

We can attest to the times when we were so low in our spirits and couldn't express the pain or heartache that we felt deep down in our soul, but with uplifted faces toward heaven, we simply let our tears speak rivers of words that only God, our Heavenly Father, could interpret, for He is the maker of these "sparkling gems."

How many can say with Job - "My face is foul with weeping..."(Job 16:16)?

In other words, "my face is red and swollen with weeping..."

"My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep"(Job 30:31).

My song of praise is turned to loud moaning - moaning over the condition of my soul, family, marriage,  church, nation, etc.

 

As the Psalmist said in Psalm 6:6 - "I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears."

In other words, I soak my pillow with tears and drench my couch with my weeping.

"My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?"(Psalm 42:3)

I am fed with the "bread of tears" and drink them "in great measure"(Psalm 80:5).

Tears! Tears! Tears!

What becomes of our tears?

Are they simply poured out in vain?

For what purpose are they?

Psalm 126:5 says - "They that sow in tears..." All the tears that drops from our eyes and rolls down our cheeks are precious seeds that God catches and bottles up for a forthcoming harvest. Just as rain prepares the ground to receive the seed, our tears prepare the ground, and, at the same time, are the seeds planted for a mighty harvest.

O Christian! God sees and counts all those tears!

They are precious in His sight!

They speak words - unutterable to us - but understandable to God!

They are precious seeds for our harvest.

If we do not grow weary, we shall reap - in due season - if we faint not.

We shall reap!
Our answers to prayer will come!
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy!

There is "a time to weep." But in due season, there will be "a time to laugh"(Ecclesiastes 3:4). 

"...Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh"(Luke 6:21).

"God is not a man, that He should lie..."(Numbers 23:19).

He promised that if we wept now, we would laugh again some day.

We shall reap in joy!

God will make us to "hear joy and gladness" once again(Psalm 51:8).

Look at the woman who travails in childbirth. She has sorrow for a time; but when the baby is born, she remembers no more the anguish for the joy(John 16:21).

God promises to turn our mourning into joy(Jeremiah 31:13). 

It's not always going to be this way.

Things are going to change.

Take heart, my Christian Brother and Sister.

"...Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning"(Psalm 30:5).

The darkest hour is right before the dawn!
 
May God encourage us today through His Word!
Connie