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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Expose (08/22/13)
Tears begin streaming down my cheeks once again. Intermittently, the windshield wipers wipe clear the morning rain falling on the windshield. Like the wipers, I blink to clear the tears in order to see the road. Are my tears revealing the truth that I am a fraud?


If I have the ‘joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart’, as I claim, wouldn't all my tears would be dried up. What do I have to be sad about? How is it possible to be truly filled with the joy of Jesus, yet be heartbroken at the same time? Though it isn't something I can explain, I know it is possible.


Watching a good tear-jerker with a box of tissues nearby, is a great way to disguise real heartache when it must be released. I can take the ridicule for crying about a ‘stupid show’. It isn’t long before I hear my son, “You’re crying? About THIS? Are you kidding?”


Laughing at his incredulity I reply, “You be quite! You knew that I would cry.”


“Oh brother!” he says, rolling his eyes.


People are uncomfortable, however, around real tears. They don’t know what to do. Wanting to protect them from my pain, I try to turn off my emotions, change the subject, joke - do whatever works so that I can think about something else. So the tears don’t fall, letting the world see the hurt that still remains.

Though my efforts are usually in vain, most of the time try to keep my heartache inside. I feel like a traitor when I allow myself to indulge my own pain. (Or when I can no longer control my emotions) Later I wonder, have my tears stained the clothes that my Father in heaven has given me? No, they have not. Our Father fills us with our hearts with joy and peace. He covers us with his grace. He doesn't, however, rob us of our emotions. He allows us to feel the full range of emotions, everything from ecstasy to sorrow.

Somehow as that beautiful hymn, 'Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus', tells us; the world does grow 'strangely dim' when we look full in His wonderful face.

My tears expose my humanity. In trusting Him, the joy I possess, reveals His divinity and the depth of His love for me.

Philippians 4:7 (NIV)
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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C D Swanson 
08/30/13
Beautiful! I loved this entire piece. Great meaningful message and a perfect conclusion.

God bless~
Larry Whittington
09/02/13
Emotions vary from person to person.

Sadness is about earthly things. Joy is about heavenly things.

In your second paragraph, the word "would" could be deleted.

Many good articles and stories are written out of a strong emotion so keep writing.
Amelia Brown 
09/11/13
I m not sure if the story started out with you in a car or sitting in your living room???

It's hard to tell if the windshield wiper bit was real or a clip from the crying movie you were watching... that part is not clear.

I like the message your story carries though. Very good.