We give thanks to our God for online sermons produced by our own church, and in many other places
where the living Word is preached and gospel spread, including the Gospel Coalition. This evening
we "had Tim Keller" in our own lounge, preaching from the Psalms. Using Psalm 39 as a picture the question was asked:
Am I going to deny, vent or pray my feelings?
And this question: 'What am I doing with my tears?" Am I squandering them? Am I a realist that expect tears, even if God is my life? Do I waste or invest my tears?
Do you want to find out how to sow tears? I want to be reminded and therefore post the link to Tim Keller's sermon for near future reference.
Psalm 16 is full of fears but end on a positive note.
Psalm 17 is full of crying but ends on a positive not.
Psalm 39 ends with David asking God to turn His face away. It is a desperate prayer!
It's a witness to God's grace that we can pray this desperate a prayer and yet, in His grace, He does not turn away from us as He did from His own Son on the cross in our place.
I can pray out of my deepest feelings and be safe with my gracious God.
Why is God so understanding? The answer lies in the cross. Jesus, our God came down from heaven, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief and in Gethsemane he was sorrowful unto death. Jesus understands tears
If I tend to weep out of self-pity, it is time to look at the Cross of Jesus.
There is much more to the theme of sowing tears, but truth is I can't keep my eyes open and will have to first sleep before revisiting .
Much better than my few notes are the actual sermon by Tim Keller and reading the actual Psalms.
This is how I desire to continue in my own personal path of grieving.
