PSALM 56:8 - YOU KEEP TRACK OF ALL MY SORROWS. YOU HAVE COLLECTED ALL OF MY TEARS IN YOUR BOTTLE. YOU HAVE RECORDED EACH ONE IN YOUR BOOK. 

HE COLLECTS EACH AND EVERY TEAR!

How beautiful is that to hear? He loves us so much that He would collect each and every tear that slides down your face and puts them in a bottle. He knows why you shed them and know this…He was with you every single time. But we also have an enemy that will try desperately to fill your mind with every lie he can think of to get you to fall off the plan God has for you. Never forget – SATAN IS A LIAR!

We all go through things. We all hurt at some point. We all go through struggles and trials. We all cry at some point. Your things and my things are absolutely different….BUT GOD, TAKES OUR THINGS AND MAKES THEM HIS THINGS! He is the collector of our tears!

If you’re anything like me, I don’t like to cry. I would avoid it at all costs and especially in front of people. I can say for the longest time, I tried to carry every burden, every heartache, every angry moment as mine and mine alone. If I could try to carry things for others, I would try to carry it, so they wouldn’t have to. No one ever asked me to do that, it’s just what I did. There were so many thoughts that ran through my mind like, “I can’t bother anyone with my stuff.” “There’s people going through bigger things than I am.”

I had people encourage me and tell me, “Give it to God.” I have even encouraged others saying the same thing but like many people I’m sure, I was in a place where I just didn’t want to hear what anyone had to say. I just couldn’t do what I knew to do or what anyone was telling me to do. I was just a complete mess. It felt like I had loss after loss and what seemed like never ending tears. It felt like all I could do was lay in bed and cry. I’d get up with my fake smile, tell everyone I was ok and then back to my bed. I heard all the encouragement people gave, felt all the prayers, and even all the hugs. BUT GOD intervened and used my sister. She sat next to me on my bed and said, “You don’t always have to be the strong one.” It was like everything went silent but those words. After that, I began to lay more and more things in the hands of God with more tears. Maybe that is where you find yourself today. I write to tell you: HE’S THE COLLECTOR OF OUR TEARS.

He never let me go, in fact, I know He walked with me and I believe it for you too! He reminds me to come to Him and He will give me rest, His yoke is easy. Matthew 11:28-30 -‘Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” I was in pain and He knew. I know He was always with me. He was always trying to take all my burdens from me but for whatever reason, I couldn’t give it to Him. Until the one day He used my sister to get me to focus, to let Him pick me back up even if it meant more tears. I never mentioned it to my sister and she’ll remember the moment I’m talking about when she reads this and all I can say is thank you! Thank you for being one of the people God used to get stubborn old me to focus on The Only One that could help me back up, when I thought there was no more getting up.

I write this entry to tell you that whatever you may be going through, however hard it may feel, however dark it seems, however many tears fall down your face, God is there collecting every tear. However you made it here to read this entry, it is not an accident. It was part of God’s plan. He made a way for you to see it was Him that led you here to tell you … HE’S COLLECTING ALL YOUR TEARS!

Remember: As you find yourself Waiting in the Midst – God is there!

❤️- WAITING IN THE MIDST