He
Records Each Tear
Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they
not in Your book?
Psalm 56:8 NKJV
Going through Helen’s belongings was
proving to be as difficult as Ken figured it would be. Having
experienced the pain of loss before, he’d put it off for the first
six months following his wife’s death. Today he hoped that sorting
through things might bring some comfort and chase away his
melancholy.
As Ken opened the ornate jewelry box,
his eyes fell on the small vial with the purple ribbon tied around
the neck. His tears began anew. “I forgot about this, Lenny…”
he silently whispered. Holding the little glass container at eye
level, he read the small tag he himself had attached to the vial, “He
knows your pain and has recorded every tear. He misses nothing and
comforts your soul.” His crying intensified until he was
sobbing.
Twenty years ago, they’d lost their
oldest daughter, Laura, to cancer. At a time when he and Helen needed
comfort and the assurance that God was aware of their pain, a friend
had given them a plaque with Psalm 56:8 written over the picture of a
scroll with God’s hand holding a quill.
This was a special vial. For in it was
their daughter’s tears, tears Ken had wiped from Laura’s eyes and
placed in this vial during her battle. He’d given the vial to Helen
as a reminder that God was keeping track of her heartache, one tear
at a time.
Reminded of how they’d weathered that
storm, Ken found renewed hope for the future.
†
In the midst of our deepest pain we
have more questions than answers. And sometimes God feels far away,
distant and aloof. But through each trial we face He offers comfort,
sometimes through a verse of scripture, sometimes through a kind word
from a friend, always in a way He hopes we’ll recognize as
personal.
Does it end the pain? Not entirely. But
He offers us healing, and promises to make it bearable if we’ll
give Him our burden.
Thanks to David, we can take comfort in
the knowledge that God not only knows about our heartache, but
catches and records every tear…because that’s what a loving
Father does.
Prayer
“In this dark night of
my soul, Lord, catch and record each tear I cry. Give me hope for the
future. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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