Sow your tears
Everyone has seasons of sadness. We lose a loved one, a marriage falters, a child leaves home - any of countless things can happen to bring us there. Ecclesiastes even promises us there will be times of both weeping and rejoicing.
I was in such a time myself when the Lord said something very interesting to me. He said, "Sow your tears."
I had to chew on that a bit. I was focused on my tears. That's ok - God takes notice of them, too (see Ps. 56:8). But He said something else: "Sow."
So I went to the parable of the sower. The story is told in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. By my 3rd read-through, I was beginning to get it.
You know how it goes: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path..., on rocky places..., among thorns" (Mt. 13).
For whatever reason, this farmer was being careless with his seed. After all, it was only the seed that fell on good soil that bore fruit.
"Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy" (Ps. 126:5).
The Lord was telling me to be intentional with my tears - and now I'm telling you. It's ok for us to weep, but we must treasure our tears as our Father does, and not allow them to be wasted.
Even as we weep, we must see each tear that falls as a seed watering God's promises of healing and restoration.
I don't know what's brought you to a season of weeping. I don't know how long you'll be there. What I do know is that this is not the end of your story.
Whether your tears are tears of grief, anger, disappointment, or a combination of it all, loose them in hope. Rather than holding them back for fear of the pain, see them as ammunition, weapons sown into the hand of God as He plans for your future:
"You turned my wailing into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise You forever" (Ps. 30:11, 12).
I was in such a time myself when the Lord said something very interesting to me. He said, "Sow your tears."
I had to chew on that a bit. I was focused on my tears. That's ok - God takes notice of them, too (see Ps. 56:8). But He said something else: "Sow."
So I went to the parable of the sower. The story is told in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. By my 3rd read-through, I was beginning to get it.
You know how it goes: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path..., on rocky places..., among thorns" (Mt. 13).
For whatever reason, this farmer was being careless with his seed. After all, it was only the seed that fell on good soil that bore fruit.
"Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy" (Ps. 126:5).
The Lord was telling me to be intentional with my tears - and now I'm telling you. It's ok for us to weep, but we must treasure our tears as our Father does, and not allow them to be wasted.
Even as we weep, we must see each tear that falls as a seed watering God's promises of healing and restoration.
I don't know what's brought you to a season of weeping. I don't know how long you'll be there. What I do know is that this is not the end of your story.
Whether your tears are tears of grief, anger, disappointment, or a combination of it all, loose them in hope. Rather than holding them back for fear of the pain, see them as ammunition, weapons sown into the hand of God as He plans for your future:
"You turned my wailing into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise You forever" (Ps. 30:11, 12).
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