My Jesus,
You know about every one of my troubles; You have collected all my tears and preserved them in Your bottle. So please help me not to be afraid of tears—or of the hardships that cause them. I know that my problems are not random or meaningless. You’ve been teaching me to trust You and find comfort in Your sovereignty. I’m confident that You know what You are doing!
Because Your perspective is infinite unlimited by time or space Your ways of working in the world are far beyond my comprehension. If it were possible for me to see things from Your God-perspective, I would marvel at the perfection of Your will—and revel in Your Glory. But now I see only a poor reflection, so I must live with mystery.
Your assurance that You preserve my tears in Your bottle shows me how precious I am to You. And the Bible promises that someday You will wipe every tear from my eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain. How I rejoice in that glorious, heavenly future awaiting me!
In Your victorious Name, Amen.
“You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?”
Psalm 56:8
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.”
1 Corinthians 13:12
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.””
Revelation 21:4
Excerpt from Jesus Listens by Sarah Young
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