Obtaining Mercy

God doesn't have a problem with our tears.

Crying helps us physically as well as emotionally.

"The researchers found that…emotional tears contained far more toxic biological byproducts. Weeping, they concluded, is an excretory process which removes toxic substances that normally build up during emotional stress."

 

"The simple act of crying also reduces the body’s manganese level, a mineral which affects mood…"

 

"The researchers concluded that chemicals built up by the body during stress were removed by tears, which actually lowered stress." ~The Miracle of Tears – Answers in Genesis

 

Crying does not make us weak.  Crying makes us human.

"Emotional tears are a response which only humans have, for only people can weep. All animals that live in air produce tears to lubricate their eyes. But only people possess the marvellous system that causes crying." ~The Miracle of Tears – Answers in Genesis

Crying is healthy.

Suppressing tears increases stress levels, and contributes to diseases aggravated by stress, such as high blood pressure, heart problems and peptic ulcers."~The Miracle of Tears – Answers in Genesis

Don't hold back your tears when your heart is breaking.  Let them flow.  You will feel better physically and emotionally when your tears are passed...and they will pass!

"…weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Psalm 30:5b

Our tears will not last…we will feel joy again.  Until then, allow yourself the blessing of crying.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah 43:2

 

"God does not open paths for us in advance of our coming…

Yet when we are on the edge of our need, God's hand is stretched out…

You must get to the waters and into the floods before you can claim the promise." ~J.R.M (Streams in the Desert)

My precious friend, are the waters closing over your head?  Look up!

God is there in the midst of your need!

He will not let you be overwhelmed by the flood!  

Hope in Him today.

If He be the source of our mercies, they can never fail us!

~Streams in the Desert

 

Lamentations 3:

[21] This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
[22] It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
[23] They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. II Corinthians 12:9

"Christ is building His kingdom with earth's broken things. 

Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building their kingdoms; but God is the God of the unsuccessful, of those who have failed. 

Heaven is filling with earth's broken lives, and there is no bruised reed that Christ cannot take and restore to glorious blessedness and beauty. 

He can take the life crushed by pain or sorrow and make it into a harp whose music shall be all praise. 

He can lift earth's saddest failure up to heaven's glory."

~J.R. Miller

 "..and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:" Romans 1:25b-26

"…and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;" Romans 1:27b

So, let us glory in our brokeness.

When our strength has been set aside, God's mighty power may be clearly seen!

"…and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." Exodus 20:21

"When you seem loneliest and most forsaken, God is nigh. 

He is in the dark cloud. 

Plunge into the blackness of its darkness without flinching; under the shrouding curtain of His pavillion you will find God awaiting you."

~Streams in the Desert