“I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34:4-11, 15

I think something that’s hard to explain to a man is a woman’s need for a good cry. When you haven’t had a good cry in a while you may find yourself crying for no apparent reason. Or if you’ve been holding your cry in for a long time trying to be strong, eventually it comes out more powerful than ever.  I know I can’t be alone in this one…. Right??

There has been so much sadness, darkness, and turmoil lately I have had to seriously limit my Facebook time and find my go-to to be Instagram to see happy pictures of people’s travels, food, babies, puppies- some sense of happy. I want to escape the reality of the times we live in. I just can’t handle it. Then in my own life with situations that hit close to home I have opened my eyes to the choice I have- get on Instagram or Pinterest to forget the troubles that come or to turn to the Author and Finisher of my Faith. I have been sitting here and thinking about the power of a good cry. The moments I have chosen to cry out to God -to really seek Him- His word & His presence- to lift my hands in surrender and cry out to Him. There is so much power in that. God truly speaks to me. He comforts me. He gives me peace that surpasses my understanding.
If you haven’t experienced it, I encourage you strongly to turn off everything, open your Bible, surrender to His presence. CRY out to Him. Whatever it maybe that you need to let go of – do it. You will be amazed at the power of that moment – healing, peace, joy, forgiveness, an overwhelming love, and did I mention peace ?
I wonder what we could change, what we could accomplish if instead of turning to social media to lift up our cry to -instead we turned to Jesus. If instead we took the cries of our hearts, our burdens, our fears and lifted them up in a cry to The One who holds all things. What a powerful peace that would bring us all.

Because from the beginning and in the end- God is the only one that really matters.  He never leaves us or forsakes us and His ears are always inclined to our cries.