by “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 56:8
God captures our tears in His bottle and our pain in His Book. In other words, He cares for every heart ache. Our loving Father who tenderly collects our tears and holds them.
And our Father keeps track of all our sorrows. He has recorded each one in His book.
I don’t cry easily however I am reminded of the times I’ve cried alone in the shower so no one would see. When my parents passed away or the death of a beloved brother or sister in Christ. I am comforted to know that even when I tried to hide my tears my Father was collecting them. When my heart was breaking God was keeping track of my sorrows.
The Psalm does refer to God’s “bottle” in the singular. And if He has collected every tear in that bottle, then mingled with our own are the tears of Jesus. In John 11, the apostle records this event: “Jesus wept.” John 11:35.
Charles H. Spurgeon wrote; “Tears are the diamonds of heaven; sighs are a part of the music of Jehovah’s court and are numbered with “the most sublime strains that reach the majesty on high.”
For you, O LORD, have delivered
my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before the LORD
in the land of the living. Psalm 116:8-9