Wednesdays in the Word: R Verse

I have very active tear ducts.

You probably know this. :)

So you can understand, then, why I love THIS verse so much.

My active tear ducts mean that I've done some pretty ugly melting down in a public setting. I've been caught mid-ugly-cry by a brand new boss on his first morning of work. I may or may not have sobbed a squealy "world-peace" sort of cry while speaking in front of a couple hundred people. I also had a shining moment during my first Share when reading a note from a listener on air - and I started crying so hard I had to pass the note off for someone else to finish.

I spend a lot of moments embarrassing myself with snot and hiccups and Rudolph nose syndrome.

But it isn't always like that. Sometimes I cry out in the privacy of our room...my car...the shower...behind a closed door at work. Sometimes the reason for my tears seems so silly...but yet my heart is torn. Sometimes I cry for reasons no one else could possibly understand...but I'm crushed. Sometimes I am not even sad at all, but just so overwhelmed that I have no choice but to let my exploding heart spill out through tears.

Regardless of the reason...regardless of the reaction of others...God cares.

He pauses. He listens. He comforts.  He understands. And most wonderful of all - He records it. He doesn't forget. The scroll bearing the story of my life finds a new entry...dated and detailed...with the number of tears fallen and the reason for them. When I'm 102, God will still know why I sobbed into a pillow on my bed when I was seventeen...and seventy...and He will still think of me with love and affection.

I know that so many of you who read are struggling through hard times for various reasons. You might spend some time, publicly or privately, mopping up pools of tears.

If I could be there beside you, chances are good I'd join you. But since I'm not, please hear me...HE sees. He joins you. And He has recorded every splash onto His scroll.