How to emotionally open
yourself to God
Jesus wept. - John
11:35
Tears are a fundamental
aspect of the human condition. Christian author Calvin Miller writes in his
book, The Valiant Papers, on crying,
Crying is common in this
world. It does little good to ask the reason for it. [Earth] is what one might
call a weeping planet. Laughter can be heard here and there, but by and large,
weeping predominates. With maturity the sound and reason for crying changes,
but never does it stop. All infants do it everywhere—even in public. By
adulthood most crying is done alone and in the dark. Weeping, for babies, is a
sign of health and evidence that they are alive. Isn’t this a chilling
omen?
Not laughter but tears is the
life sign. It leaves weeping and being synonyms.
Yes, weeping and being are
synonymous. Yet today, crying is seen as a sign of weakness, an emotion which
should be suppressed for the sake of “being strong” in front of others. It
leaves us to wonder, then, as to when in our lives this becomes the case. As
Miller says, crying is a sign of life among children. But somewhere along the
way, this changes.
Maybe today you need to shed
a few tears with God. You’ve let emotions build up inside of you for so long
that you need to get alone with God and weep. Open your emotional self to God
and be fully known as you live your life authentically before Him.
Prayer Challenge
Pray that God would give you
a heart of flesh, and that you’d live authentically before Him when it comes to
your emotions.
Questions for Thought
When is the last time you
cried?
What emotions have you built
up inside of you that need to come out?