"tear drop"

Stepping Out in RED Shoes!

 - Day 54 -

The power of a 

tear drop!

When it comes to God's greatest creation - Man & Woman - He pulled out all the stops and went above and beyond.  

Every part of of the human body is a miracle.  

To name a few, just consider the eye, the ear, the nose, the mouth -- the circulatory system  -- the skeletal system -- the reproductive system.  Even when we sweat -- that's ingenious! 

Today I was caught a little off guard at church.  A couple had come to visit -- primarily to support their son who has just entered into the men's transitional living home that our church runs.  As I greeted them and showed them to their seats,  it wasn't difficult to notice their boy's shiner.  His whole face was swollen.  Man... that had to hurt. 

I don't know about you, but in the presence of the Lord,  I'm a crier.   Something happens inside my heart that I just can't contain.  There's an explosion of glory -- an overflow of love -- whatever particular emotion that's being released, goes off the richter scale.  Before I know it, my eyes are filled to capacity and suddenly I begin to leak... one tear drop at a time.  It's the only evidence that something crazy is happening inside of me.

Today is my son's birthday.  I texted him a Happy Birthday message right before church began.  I'm  thankful to God that he is alive and doing well.  

7 years ago,  I almost lost him to drugs, 

but God totally delivered him!  

He's been drug free for years now!

  Hallelujah!

The worship service began.  I closed my eyes and slowly the glory of God descended.  Suddenly,  I found myself quite overwhelmed.   I looked at the mom sitting in front of me.   I remembered what it was like when my own son struggled. -- I felt so helpless.  I know all too well what that's like. Today,  however, I had a different role. -- I wasn't the mother. 

I felt a tear roll down my cheek as I began interceding for the boy and his mom.  Prayers in an unknown language rose up to the heavens.  I could hear the Holy Spirit in me talking to God. The boy's in good hands.  He's in God's hands. -- So are his parents for that matter.  That's a good thing!  There's no better place to be than in God's care!  I have added their names to my prayer list.  I wonder how many other prayer lists God has added them to this morning.  

I've always said that tears are a heavenly language.  They express what words can't.  Psalm 6:8-9 says this:

"Away from me, all you who do evil,

for the LORD has heard my weeping.

the LORD has heard my cry for mercy;

the LORD accepts my prayer."

Whether you're the mother, the son, or someone else,  the Bible tells us that God understands our troubling situations.  He records them and collects our tears in a bottle.

"You keep track of all my sorrows.

You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

You have recorded each one in your book."

Psalm 58:8  NLT

They say that everyone who gets saved, does so because someone prayed them in.  I believe that!  Sometimes stepping out in RED shoes is about shedding a tear that delivers your prayers to the feet of God, on behalf of another.  Perhaps today was one of those days!

Gail