Tears are a language God understands

Tears speak more about what our hearts feel than any words could ever express.
Those tiny drops of humanity that tumble from our eyes, creep down our cheeks and splash on the floors of our heart sometimes carry the message that our hearts ache and hurt.
Tears are the messengers that sometimes substitute for our crippled words and spill forth carrying with them our deepest emotions.
A tear stain on a letter speaks more than words ever could.
A tear falling on a casket says what a spoken farewell never could.
What summons a mother's compassion and concern more quickly than a tear on the cheeks of her child?
What gives more support than the tears on the face of a friend as we pour out our troubles to them?
What do we do when the words just won't come out right as all the nouns and verbs and adverbs and adjectives lay deflated at our feet?
When even the loftiest statements seem empty, what do we do?
I want to tell you this week that tears are a language that God understands!
From John 11 we see that the Son of God, the Blessed Redeemer, the one who has the power to wash away sin has just enter the town and Martha has met Him to tell Him it's too late, Lazarus is already dead.
There is no mention of Martha moving Jesus by her conversation and her questions nor is there any mention of Martha pouring out her soul in His presence.
No mention of that happening with Martha but with Mary it was a different story, wasn't it?
Mary fell at the feet of the One she knew held the future and wept!
She poured out her heart to the One who could make the difference and moved God to work in her circumstances.
The scripture tells us that Jesus was moved by the heartbreak of their souls and that His Spirit groaned inside Him and he was troubled.
How many of us are moved by the heartbreak of our children or some disappointment that crushes their little souls?
Won't we also move to do all within our power to help them and ease their pain?
Show me a mother that won't help her children when their hurt and I will show you someone who shouldn't have children.
Why would you think that god doesn't care about our troubles or the things that hurt us?
When we read the shortest verse in the the Bible, Jesus wept, what do you believe He is going through?
Those two words let us know that god is concerned about the things that break our hearts.
God wants so much to be a part of our everyday lives, did you know that?
God is moved by the tears of His children.
Jesus is moved by the tears of everyone of us who have been washed beneath His blood to become His friend.
Don't you ever try to tell me that tears are not a language that God understands.