EVEN THE DRY ONES

 

Friday, December 19, 2025

EVEN THE DRY ONES

Psa_116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

 

Isa_25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

 

Rev_7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

 

          The thought of tears would not leave me alone this morning. I’ve lived long enough to know that there are many things to cry about. Most of those things can’t be easily fixed. As a pastor, I have sat with those who grieve the loss of a loved one. I couldn’t fix the problem, but I could share the grief, and that is ministry.

 

          Jesus knew of our grief and felt is along with us. Isa_53:3 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:” Tears did not embarrass Jesus, and they did not make Him feel unmanly. Men do cry, even big burly men.

 

2Co_1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

2Co_1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

 

Dear Lord, help me to be a comfort to those who weep today. Let me dry their tears … even the dry ones. AMEN