07/11/2022
Today is our first where we take devotionals written by our community and share an encouraging word.
Chaplain Joanie Webb-Dale shared this encouraging message of "Bottled Up Tears". We pray it speaks life to you today-- that you are reminded you are seen, you are loved, you are not overlooked. God holds every moment in His hands. H
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God knows about every one of our troubles.
He has seen our tears and He has heard our cries!
For every tear has been collected by God and bottled up.
Do not hold them back! Tears are prayers too! They travel to God when we can’t speak. Your problems are not random or meaningless. If you could, close your eyes for a moment and imagine Jehovah God looking down on His creation—mankind. He sees them being tormented, living in a dark world, temped, in despair, sick in body—tears flowing from their eyes. Imagine God filling up a bottle specifically for each of His children and keeping account of the reasons for each tear that has fallen. He has counted them all. Wow! There is a reckoning day coming for the devil!
God will replace beauty for ashes!
God is asking us to not only to trust in Him but also in His sovereignty. He is with us wherever we go! He told us, “I am, The I AM”! Right now, we may not clearly see His perfect will but know the “I Am” is working on our behalf. God is our present and He is our future. And yes, God was there too, in our past waiting on us! We are His Children and He cares for us!
God is saying, “I am your Strength and I am your Shield”! “Draw close to me and I will draw close to you”! “Know that you have been fearfully and wonderfully made and if you will seek My Face and follow Me, I will open the doors I desire you to walk through and I will close the doors that you should not try to unlock! You shall know My Voice! Know that I love you”!
Psalm 56:8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears and preserved them in your bottle! You have recorded everyone in your book.
Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiced: and with my song will I praise Him.
Revelation 3:8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.
Exodus 3:14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AMCh