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Topic: TEARS - (as in crying) (10/04/04)
TITLE: The Teardrop
By Lynn Benicken
10/05/04
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The teardrop, God’s precious jewel. An emotional adornment of commemoration, a bead of solace trimming tribulation. Tears are a life affirming expression of our subsistence: healing, memorial, buoyant waters. Drops of meaningful moisture cascading forth from the heart of man. An internal waterfall, tears spill out into pools of living water, chronicling man’s tenure. Tears carry him through torrents of trial and desperation, celebrate his greatest joy and track his revelry and laughter. God’s well spring, weeping, renews man’s energy, releasing the weight of the burden carried, lifting him, body, mind and soul to rise above and sail again. Tears speak where words fail. An articulation not in need of translation. A bond, which bands together brothers of all tribes and every nation. A bridge of humanity. A lifelong provision from our loving creator, a teardrop first glistens upon our emergence, the cry of life. Upon our death, the well constrained. Mission accomplished, these tiny, yet potent reservoirs from God are traded in for a timeless treasure, the crown of life. God’s precious jewel, the teardrop, forever shed no more, swept away by a saving flood, the Savior‘s cleansing blood.