Let's talk About Tears

# 392 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 1Sa 30:4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. (1 Sam 30:4) David and his men return to camp and find that their women and children have been carried off by marauders. It was a very emotional moment for these warriors and they cried until they had no more power left to cry. (Real men DO cry!) They were completely drained, without strength. There was nothing left in the emotional tank. Have you ever been there? So emotionally drained that you can't even cry anymore? You're in good company. Listen to the Psalmist in Ps 42:3, “My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, "Where is your God?" Here the Psalmist is experiencing an almost continual flow of tears, while those around him sneer at him and say, “Where is your God now?” I don't know what you went through or what you are going through, but I do know this, God has a keen interest in your tears. He knows. He sees. He makes note of each one of them. Ps 56:8b says, “Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book? Can you believe it? God cares so much for you that He notes every single tear drop? In a perfect world there would be no tears and that's the world followers of Christ can look forward to. In this “new”world tears will be gone forever! Re 7:17 says, “for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." And Re 21:4, says, "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." The poets have called our existence on earth the “vale of tears” (the “valley) of tears, and these passages in Revelation, the last Book of the Bible seems to back it up, as there is a twice mentioned promise that one day the cause of all crying will be removed from those who have placed their faith in Jesus. Father, thanks for the reminder, tears happen, even Jesus wept. Help us to finish in the faith, to be with Jesus in that place where there will be no more sorrow.