Tears are prayers too....(Compiled)

" TEARS ARE PRAYERS,TOO "

( Something to think about ...) ~Author Unknown~ Are we afraid the tears won't stop falling down like rain? That we might drown as we fight our fears . God bottles every tear that we cry. Think about it. We have cried oceans and rivers of tears of grief and sorrow as well as tears of happiness and joy since time began . Tears that travel to God even when we can't speak. These tears are prayers to God on the deepest level .

It is a known fact that in Bible-lands and other middle eastern countries there was a tradition that when someone died, tears of those present were collected and placed in a bottle. This bottle was considered sacred for it represented all the sorrow of the family and was buried with the deceased. Many of these bottles have been found in ancient tombs. In ancient Rome, mourners filled small glass vials or cups with tears and placed them in burial tombs as symbols of love and respect. Sometimes people were even paid to cry into cups, as they walked along the mourning procession . Those crying the loudest and producing the most tears received the most compensation. The more anguish and tears produced, the more important and valued the deceased person was perceived to be. In some war stories, women were said to have cried into tear bottles and saved them until their husbands returned. Their collected tears would show the men how much they were loved and missed.  God collects them to let us know he cares and takes notice of us not only when we cry tears of sorrow, pain, anguish, repentance , confession , and joy but in every thing we do and say. God notices all our wanderings in this short earthly pilgrimage of ours. He loves us so much and is ever touched by our burdens, our anguish of heart , and feelings of infirmities. If you notice that these tears are recorded in a book. The book is God' s book of remembrance. Every word of tender pity, every act of sacrifice, every suffering, and sorrow for Christ's sake is faith fully recorded. It amazing how one so powerful can love one so lowly as to know every tear that has fallen. He catches it one by one in his hands . To bottle them up for a time that is to come.   " You keep track of all my sorrows.
You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
You have recorded each one in your book." ( Psalm 56:8) So remember that your tears do not fall in vain. There is one who holds each one in a bottle and writes it down in his book of remembrance. And I feel like that as he does this he feels our pain, too. He felt the pain of those mourning for Lazarus and the Bible says, " Jesus wept" . ( John 11: 35) How profound are those words that as we weep that our God weeps with us.
Now that is Love ! Now I know what people MEAN when they say that a Christian should become “broken.” They really mean bringing the body ( flesh ) and soul ( mind, will and emotions) under the control of the spirit.
And that IS completely scriptural ! But that process, starting with the renewal of the mind, is a process of becoming WHOLE ! You (the real you) are a spirit, you have a soul (mind, will and emotions) and you live in a body ( your Earth suit). When the Bible refers to your “heart” it’s not refer ring to your “blood pump.” In the Bible the HEART is the combination of your SPIRIT and SOUL. When you are born-again, your SPIRIT is renewed but your SOUL is not. Therefore even the born-again Christian can still have a broken HEART.  It was completely broken, but now that your SPIRIT is made new, your HEART is half way healed. Now through the Word of God, The Name of Jesus and the broken body of Jesus we are instructed to begin the process of the renewal of the mind. Once that process is under way, the will and emotions will follow. The further you progress through this renewal process, the more WHOLE your heart becomes." " God is so big He can cover the whole world with His Love,
and so small He can curl up inside your Heart."