Part of learning to live with a chronic illness realizes it is okay to cry.
Daily living with a chronic illness or caring for a loved one with a persistent disease will bring tears.
The Heavenly Father cares about our tears. Today’s Bible verse tells what God’s word says about crying.
Today’s Bible Verses:
Psalm 56:8-9 (KJV), “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.”
What the Verses Mean:
Why would God keep tears in a bottle? The idea behind the keeping of “tears in a bottle” is a remembrance. King David, the writer of these verses, is expressing a deep trust in God. He knows that God remembers his sorrow. He knows God remembers his tears. King David also is sure the God will never forget about him. David is confident that God is on his side.
Personalized Prayer Using Today’s Scripture:
- Heavenly Father, thank you for crying and the resulting tears. Teach me to understand and accept that my tears help me identify and help me deal with my feelings.
- Lord Jesus, thank you for letting me know crying is okay.
- Almighty God, it is comforting to know that you notice and keep track of my tears.
- I turn the sorrow concerning the chronic illness over to Yahweh-Rapha (God that heals).
- I pray that my family and I would feel the freedom to cry out to God and let the tears flow when the release is needed.
- I pray that my family and friends would be supportive, loving, and understanding during the times the tears flow.
- I pray I would just hold on to God during these times without questioning and accept God’s comfort.
- Help me to have the confidence of King David, the author of these verses, and say with him – for God is for me.
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Today’s blog post is from the book “Thy Will Be Done: 60 Prayers for the Chronically Ill” by Jimmie Aaron Kepler. It is available in print and on Kindle for Amazon at Amazon Print or Amazon Kindle.
If you are an Amazon Kindle Unlimited member the book is available to read for free in Kindle format. Over the next two months, I will publish each chapter as a blog post
