Today I will perform a wedding for a young couple. Yesterday at the rehearsal certain family members expressed many tears... tears of joy I'm sure. It's a bitter, sweet time in their lives as one chapter ends and another begins. My devotional today recounted the tears of Jesus as he wept over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41). His were tears of sorrow and grief because of the destruction brought on by sin.
Tears expose what is going on in the heart most every time... I say most every time because I have known folks who could manufacture tears at the drop of a hat. But for most of us it is important that we examine our hearts when the tears appear. Very often when tears begin we reach for a tissue (or one is provided to us from someone close by). Have you ever noticed how tissues work real well at stopping tears. I guess because our immediate response to tears is uncomfortableness, and we want to make them stop.
I suggest we allow the tears to run... usually they are caused from the overflow emotion of the heart. Examine your heart and invite the Lord to help bring peace. For he knows your heart and He knows what you need.
