Job 16:19-20 ” Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God.”

Even with his friends gathered around him, Job was lamenting his utter feelings of aloneness…instead focusing on his intercessor & friend in heaven, Jesus Christ. Human tears may only be a few centimeters in size, but their importance in Scripture is massive. Charles Spurgeon once wrote this about tears, “You can draw near to God even though you cannot say a word. A prayer may be cries tallized in a tear. For a tear is enough water to float a desire to God.” The mental picture of this quote of Spurgeon’s is mind boggling but quite clear. Tears are words the heart can’t express, (Psalm 56:8) thus within each tear is the recorded unspoken need of our heart… floating its way upward to heaven.

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Author: kezha1

A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ.

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