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Dry your eyes, mate
'... I pour out my complaint before Him ...' Psalm 142:2
Blubbing your heart out like a wet lettuce? That's not for men! Why, they should be able to have their innards pecked out by a ravenous crow and still turn up for college with dry eyes. Come on, guys, what is it about us and crying?
Oh, it's fine to weep Niagara Falls when England crash out on penalties again, but if someone precious to you runs a bulldozer over your heart, you just get on with it without flinching. Listen, without getting too tree-hugger about this, it's fine to relax those tear-ducts. In fact the Bible sheds more than a few salty snuffles.
David himself writes, 'I pour out my complaint before Him; before Him I tell my trouble.' Can't you just feel the tears as he vents the pain and allows us to feel it?
The Ephesian church cried into the neck of the Apostle Paul, because they knew they wouldn't see him again. Jesus, the model of how a perfect person acts, wept in public.
Are you getting this? It's fine to cry and it's healthy to express a wide range of emotions. The Psalms run the gamut of human emotion: anger, fear, loneliness, grief, joy. They're all beautifully articulated in poetry. Has someone hurt you? Do you feel rejected? Are you trying to put a lid on it? Don't; instead vent the pain and allow God to heal your heart.
written by Bob Gass
'... I pour out my complaint before Him ...' Psalm 142:2
Blubbing your heart out like a wet lettuce? That's not for men! Why, they should be able to have their innards pecked out by a ravenous crow and still turn up for college with dry eyes. Come on, guys, what is it about us and crying?
Oh, it's fine to weep Niagara Falls when England crash out on penalties again, but if someone precious to you runs a bulldozer over your heart, you just get on with it without flinching. Listen, without getting too tree-hugger about this, it's fine to relax those tear-ducts. In fact the Bible sheds more than a few salty snuffles.
David himself writes, 'I pour out my complaint before Him; before Him I tell my trouble.' Can't you just feel the tears as he vents the pain and allows us to feel it?
The Ephesian church cried into the neck of the Apostle Paul, because they knew they wouldn't see him again. Jesus, the model of how a perfect person acts, wept in public.
Are you getting this? It's fine to cry and it's healthy to express a wide range of emotions. The Psalms run the gamut of human emotion: anger, fear, loneliness, grief, joy. They're all beautifully articulated in poetry. Has someone hurt you? Do you feel rejected? Are you trying to put a lid on it? Don't; instead vent the pain and allow God to heal your heart.
written by Bob Gass
