You May Need a Good Cry...

I remember watching this television show once. I would most likely break a few trademark rules if I told you the name of it, but instead, I'll just get on with the explanation.
A couple had three children. They lived comfortably, the husband worked to provide for the family and the wife stayed home to care for the household. On this particular episode, the husband decided that he would give his wife some time to herself, taking the children away from home for a day. Then, he got curious. He wanted to know what his wife needed to do so badly that she could only do it when her family was gone. So, decided to go back to his house and snoop. He looked through the window and saw his wife sitting on the couch, crying.
This sent him over the edge. He had no idea what she was crying for. Eventually, he asked her and she told him, "Sometimes I just need to cry."
This got me to thinking about myself and my day to day life. I take care of five to six children regularly, schedule activities for children and meals, cook two meals every day, drive my children around, clean the house and take care of laundry, not to mention some of the obstacles that I might encounter. Maybe a stalled car, a line at the grocery store, a shoestring budget. I have to take care of all of these things, most times without a break and without thinking. There have been times when I do stop, all I can do is cry.

Proverbs 56:8

"You keep track of all my sorrows.

You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

You have recorded reach one in your book." (NLT)

 

 

It used to make my husband so angry when I would cry. He would say that I was being childish and immature, that I wasn't capable of expressing myself without shedding tears. That would make me feel so low. I started to feel bad about it, and decided to stop. I refused to shed a tear in his presence, and that created a whole separate problem.

Understand, crying was my way to release. All of the things that I had to do, all of the issues that I encountered, I released them when I cried. I let it all out. I thought I could be comfortable enough around my husband to express them in his presence, but he didn't understand. However, when I tried to hold them back, they manifested in other forms; yelling, screaming, bad attitudes. I was holding my emotions in and they were manifesting in unhealthy ways.

If you choose to release your issues in tears, God will collect them all. The scripture says that He captures them in a bottle. Even if you don't know why you are crying or what you need to release, God understands. He not only comforts you, He keeps track of every tear that falls. He records every feeling that you have and every care that you give to Him. Even if your husband doesn't understand, God does, and He can be trusted with every last thought and feeling.

So if you need to get by yourself and cry, go ahead and let it out. Have a real good cry.
God has the bottle ready and waiting...