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You have collected all my tears


Scripture of the Day – Psalm 56:8

“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.”

Doesn’t that read like poetry?! It is so comforting for me to think of God having all my tears collected. I do not often think of God keeping track of my sorrows. I know he KNOWS of them, of course – and my tears are just as much of the plan He has laid out of me as are the happy times. This just concretes for me the knowledge and acceptance that there WILL BE tears. They have been recorded already.

The comfort from this verse comes two fold. First of all, God already knows all the tears I have shed and the ones yet to come, and second – he has kept track of them – meaning I do not have to! Is it a stretch to think that just as my sins are accounted for and washed away, my tears are washed away, both literally and spiritually? I hope not!

Closing prayer:

Heavenly Father – thank you for caring enough about me to know that my tears are a part of who I am. Thank you for including them in the plan you have for my life. I pray that my record of tears is shorter than my record of happy times, but find joy and peace in the fact that regardless, they are kept in a record of YOURS. You love me enough to make even my tears significant. Thank you. Please help me remember that in hard times, times of sorrow, times of peace, and times of blessing that I am only living out the life that You have planned for me. The record of my life, with all its ups and downs has already been written; I am simply fulfilling the role You have created for me. Amen. 

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