Father, May I Cry? – Bottled Tears – May 3

Father, May I Cry?
May 3, 2021

Bottled Tears

Psalm 56:8-10, ‘You’ve kept track of all my wandering and my weeping. You’ve stored my many tears in Your bottle—not one will be lost. For they are all recorded in Your book of remembrance. The very moment I call to you for a FATHER’S help the tide of battle turns and my enemies flee. This one thing I know: God is on my side! I trust in the Lord. And I praise Him! I trust in the Word of God. And I praise Him!’ (TPT)

I know those who I am accustomed to surrounding me will be uncomfortable. I know if a tiny tear squeezes out or cry-me-a-river occurs, either way, the circumference of my crowd will pace and sigh and quibble. Some may even walk away. Emotion is an equalizer, an excavator, an ex-communicator. Nothing makes another feel more discomfort than an unexpected quiver of the lip, watercolor eyes, a breakdown.

But we have a Father Who knows us inside out. In fact, He knit you; He knows more about your insides than most people know of your outsides. Man may look at your appearance, but God reflects upon your heart. Not only that, but His Word says He bottles your tears. With your Father, it is okay to cry; He wants you to uniquely get to the very bottom of you even if that means unearthing and excavating all the layers atop to get there.

Your Father understands the cries of your heart. He cares about the intimate details of you, the ragged edges, the torn seams, the places where you came undone, all the hiding spots when you unraveled. Even still, He has taken my tears, He has recorded them in His keepsake album of Michelle’s Memories, and then He bottled them. My tears, He has preserved. It reminds me of a rare bottle of parfum, pure Nard, worth a lifetime’s heartache and lessons, extravagant and costly to my Father, bottled, counted, none wasted, ready to use for anointing. Cry, child, but let the cries of your heart fill an ocean of Grace for My purpose.

I want to know the Father’s opinion about everything!
Won’t you JOURNEY with me this month as we ask our Father, ‘MAY I?’’