{"id":7023,"date":"2017-08-18T07:07:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T11:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/?p=7023"},"modified":"2017-08-18T07:07:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T11:07:27","slug":"tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/2017\/08\/18\/tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him…” Hosea 12:4<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The above verse,\u00a0speaking of\u00a0Jacob wrestling all night with the angel, touched my heart this morning – a reminder that God is affected by our tears. There is a song that comes to my mind – “Tears are\u00a0a Language God Understands”.<\/p>\n

In II Kings 20:5 we read another example of this:<\/p>\n

“Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.” II Kings 20:5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

God not only heard Hezekiah’s prayer…He saw his tears.<\/p>\n

When grievous trials come our way, there is a danger of allowing that time of affliction to harden our hearts and thus “lose our tears”. That is something that I fear – to the point of praying, “Lord, I don’t want to lose my tears…Lord, keep me tender through this”.<\/p>\n

This morning, have you allowed an extended trial to harden your heart and thus rob you of your tears? Ask the Lord to give you your tears back. Truly, tears are a language God understands.<\/p>\n

~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n

Often you wonder why tears come into your eyes
\nAnd burdens seem to be much more than you can bear
\nBut God is standing near, He sees your falling tears
\nAnd tears are a language God understands.<\/p>\n

God sees the tears of a brokenhearted soul<\/strong>
\n He sees your tears and hears them when they fall<\/strong>
\n God weeps along with man and He takes him by the hand<\/strong>
\n Tears are a language God understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When grief has left you low it causes tears to flow
\nWhen things have not turned out the way that you had planned
\nBut God won’t forget you His promises are true
\nAnd tears are a language God understands.<\/p>\n

God sees the tears of a brokenhearted soul<\/strong>
\n He sees your tears and hears them when they fall<\/strong>
\n God weeps along with man and He takes him by the hand<\/strong>
\n Tears are a language that my God He understands<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Amy Lambert)<\/p>\n

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Psalm 126:5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him…” Hosea 12:4 The above verse,\u00a0speaking of\u00a0Jacob wrestling all night with the angel, touched my heart this morning – a reminder that God is affected by our tears. There is a song that comes to my mind – “Tears are\u00a0a Language God Understands”. In II Kings 20:5 we read another example of this: “Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.” II Kings 20:5 God not only heard Hezekiah’s prayer…He saw his tears. When grievous trials come our way, there is a danger of allowing that time of affliction to harden our hearts and thus “lose our tears”. That is something that I fear – to the point of praying, “Lord, I don’t want to lose my tears…Lord, keep me tender through this”. This morning, have you allowed an extended trial to harden your heart and thus rob you of your tears? Ask the Lord to give you your tears back. Truly, tears are a language God understands. ~~~~~~~~~ Often you wonder why tears come into your eyes And burdens seem to be much more than you can bear But God is standing near, He sees your falling tears And tears are a language God understands. God sees the tears of a brokenhearted soul He sees your tears and hears them when they fall God weeps along with man and He takes him by the hand Tears are a language God understands. When grief has left you low it causes tears to flow When things have not turned out the way that you had planned But God won’t forget you His promises are true And tears are a language God understands. God sees the tears of a brokenhearted soul He sees your tears and hears them when they fall God weeps along with man and He takes him by the hand Tears are a language that my God He understands (Amy Lambert) “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Psalm 126:5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,73,59,31,11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comfort","category-discouragement","category-gods-love","category-prayer","category-song","category-trials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4o6C2-tears","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7024,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions\/7024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}