As I told a friend today, this probably won't be my week - hasn't been since Saturday night when my husband locked his keys in the car, along with my purse and
the other set of keys. It happened in 'the twinkling of an eye' ..... and couldn't be stopped, even though it was realized as the door shut. But, you know, that, when
a car door is shut with the locks set, it can no longer be opened without a key, safely. So it goes - took a locksmith to get our door open and us on our way, and with a
door that now no longer opens from the inside - the passenger door!
Then we came home to a broken electric garage door, and was unable to get my car out for church Sunday morning. Sounds like something is out to get me, right? Well, read on!
Emotions sometimes are hard to control. I am a person that sheds tears mostly instead of getting mad and screaming, when I'm hurt by the thoughtless things that people do.
The car lock or garage door didn't upset me to the point of tears - just upsetting. But people, when they intentionally or untentionally, however little, do something that leaves
me out of something that I had looked forward to, then the tears flow. It's just a release, I suppose of my 'emotions' - God's way of letting the healing process begin even before
I realize I've been so hurt. In a way, I suppose this is best, because so many people are unable to cry.
A friend and I were talking about this the other day - how we were taught to hold our tongue, to keep things to ourselves, and not say anything back to people that hurt us. In
other words, "turn the other cheek", "smile", "love them to death" ..... that was the message. But, in the real world of hurts, it's hard to do sometimes. So God knew that I couldn't
possibly handle what might come my way, so he supplied me with tears, his "cleansing machine" - built in this vessel at NO extra charge!! Terrific idea!!
Tears are welcome at my 'place' - although, I've been in situations where it might have been embarrassing, had I not realized it's normal. When your supervisor tells you that you
are no longer needed on the temporary job - and you've loved it to the point of wanting it permanently ..... the tears flow. When you are left out of a get together, with oversight,
the tears flow. On and on - hurt/tears.
But the Lord said he'd give us peace - peace that passeth all understanding [ Phil 4:7 ]. We don't know how to handle situations at times - he knows how to handle EVERY situation, regardless of
whether it's big or little - doesn't matter. HE is able to do 'exceeding, abundantly, above' anything we ask or think. [ Eph 3:20 ].
So it is - TEARS, the cleansing machine, completely reliable, very inexpensive to the point of costing absolutely nothing - FREE - is yours!! GOD gave us the machine to use, and turned the
POWER on!!
Contrary to popular opinion, it's not unmanly for a MAN to cry, either. IF it were, then our Heavenly Father would have withheld the tear ducts from a man's eyes, but he didn't! He
supplied us all with this 'cleansing machine' ...... and a man shouldn't feel that he has to suppress his feelings anymore than a woman should. It's a natural, God-given thing to shed tears.
After all, GOD can do no wrong! And my Bible says that "JESUS WEPT." [ John 11:35 ]
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
