Your Tears Are Precious to Jehovah

 "Do collect my tears in your skin bottle. Are they not recorded in your book?" - PSALM 56:8.

AT ONE time or another, we have shed tears.  When we go through situations that make us very happy, we might shed tears of joy. Perhaps you cried when something important or special happened to you-for instance, when your child was born, when you recalled a fond memory, or when you welcomed a dear friend whom you had not seen in years. 

However, all too often, our tears reflect the pain that we feel deep in our heart.  For example, we might cry when someone sorely disappoints us. We might shed tears when suffering intense pain because of an unrelenting sickness or when mourning the loss of a loved one in death. At such times, we might feel as did the prophet Jeremiah when Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians. Jeremiah said: "Streams of water flow from my eyes . . . my eyes weep without ceasing, without pausing." - Laminations 3:48, 49. 

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