The Power Of A Well Timed Tear. Pure Poetry.

Back in the day when ole SoJourner was just about 21 years of age... You can add 40 to that now... Crying was not a thing that a man "should" do.  In fact we even had songs about tears, and not many of them were flattering.  "Big Girls Don't Cry" told the "big" girls about crying.  As for the guys... well does "Lonely Teardrops" or "To Many Tear Drops " encourage a healthy EQ?  NOPE!  Gotta tell you not a lot helped us to see the value in these little of pellets of water.

Then of course tears still are viewed as a sign of weakness. So, if we let one flow out the canal for which our Creator created it, we say, "I am so sorry."  What is up with that?  Yup! weakness is sure demonstrated when we cry; yet studies show that when we cry "happy tears" these tears are made up of one chemical make up, and "sad tears" are made up of "other stuff."  Matter of fact, it appears that when we cry "sad tears", we are actually taking toxic materials out of our body.  HMMMM?

Anyway, back when I was 21, I learned a big lesson about crying.  Cannot tell you the story surrounding the lesson I learned.  That is for another blog.  The experience was so powerful that I wrote a poem.   Now true poets might think this little poem is like junk.  But for me it is a small miracle.  Here is how it goes:

Tears are NOT bad ... they are good.

They help get the hurt out, as they indeed should.

Like the pressure valve of the soul

They help make you whole.

And they set you free!!!

As you pour out tears to God

They help you to grieve.

This little poem, when I really thought about its message... well...

It Changed My Life!

Never forget, when you are hurting:

JESUS WEPT!

Do you need to cry?

Then go on out and use those tears ducts for what God

intended them to be.

Then Be Blessed 2day... Especially 2day

SoJourner