Tears

Tears

TEARS

I raise my tear filled eyes to heaven
and the tears spill down my cheeks.
I feel so alone, I cry out to out to You,
longing for comfort.
I know You are there,
You send the snow to mingle with my tears.
You are with me, I just need
to let go of my fears.

But how do I let them go,
I pray for You to help and take them.
And when I say amen, I take them back up again,
and still feel the burden of them.
They drag my spirit down,
threatening depression.
Help me to come out from under
this heavy load.

As my tear filled eyes are
raised to You,
And the snow gently falls,
to mingle with my tears.
It reminds me of Your precious Son,
who also wept, for love of us.
And the snow? It reminds me of the blood,
shed to cleanse, and make us whole.

Did You weep in the garden?
Were You weeping on Calvary’s tree?
Were there tears in Your eyes as You cried,
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani”?
There must have been,
for we put You there.
For all we have ever done
is cause You sadness and pain.

So great is Your love,
You came to live and die.
Your precious tears and blood,
flowed on that cross.
What are my tears without You,
they are just tears with no one to really share them.
With You, they are transformed,
from sadness to joy because of Your love.

Jeannine Faith

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