Hebrews 5 :7 " While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who can rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
Jesus cried at Lazarus's tomb, when Jesus saw his sister crying and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. Bible says that "Jesus wept". Jesus who was the son of the most high God, who had authority over everything, cried. If Jesus was comfortable enough to cry, Like do you understand the depth of it, The creator of the universe who is the most high wasn't ashamed of crying so why do we feel like "crying" is something which is considered to be weak?
WHY? Since so many years we've been endorsing, popularizing and entertaining opinions like crying in front of others shows that you are weak, never cry in front of anyone, you need to hold it all in. And thoughts and sayings like these have molded the brains of so many young people, even kids, adults and the elderly. Nowadays almost everyone finds it so difficult to open up about their problems, to share their burdens and hurts, the things that make them feel anxious or stressed. It has been difficult for so many out there to carry their vulnerabilities with complete transparency without the feeling of being judged.
Today, I am here to let you know, it doesn't matter if you are a "Girl" or a "Guy" being real with yourself needs you to first face your emotions just as the way they hit you. If you don't face them, they're going to pile up in you, keeping you away or dragging you away from your emotional and mental stability. All of us have this habit of avoiding emotions but according to research avoiding emotions can lead to problems with memory, aggression, anxiety and depression. You might find yourself slipping into slumps regularly, you might even feel numb sometimes.
I'm by no means a perfect human being, Even I've been there trying to avoid my emotions, thinking that if I share this side of myself they'll consider me as weak or thoughts like why should I burden my family or friends with this as they already have enough problems of their own. All sorts of thoughts would rush into my mind just to keep me away from sharing my heart out. But it wasn't until recently that God convicted me and revealed something that was such an eye opener. It completely changed the trajectory of my emotional and mental life. He said "Salome, you want people to share their true selves with you, you want them to be comfortable enough to share their heart out, to share their burdens and to be able to confide in you. Then why do you not do that yourself? you don't do it yourself and you are expecting others to do that for you. It doesn't work that way it needs to be two ways if you want your relationships to flourish". And I was so sure that this conviction came straight from the Lord cause only he knows what I am like. From that day, I made it a practice to carry myself without any mask of "pretention", to carry myself just as I am with complete truth and transparency. If you ask me how I am, I will answer you with complete honesty. We need to respect and be intentional about the person asking us this question and we can do that only by being true to them and to yourself.
We hurt so many people just because we don't carry ourselves with truth. For instance, imagine you ask your friend or your relative about how their life has been and just for the sake of answering they tell you that they're completely fine. But weeks later you come to know that, the very person who said they were fine now were diagnosed with depression or attempted suicide. How would the ones close to you feel after knowing that you weren't comfortable enough to share your burdens with them? please try not to be that person to someone. I understand it's hard to share your burdens, it's hard to ask for help or to open up, I understand how difficult all of this can be when your entire life you've been encouraged not to. I'm not telling you to go share your problems with everybody but you need to confide in somebody, at least one person.
Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12 it says " Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm, But how can one be warm alone?. A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken." this verse explains it so beautifully the reason why God has blessed us with family and friends is because we were never called to bear it all alone. We were never called to go through it all alone. The bible clearly specifies "to bear with one another". We are called to build, comfort and help whoever God has blessed us with. We are supposed to reach out not only in our strengths but also in our weaknesses. We are here to move through this life together without leaving anyone behind. You are not weak. You are so brave, cause it takes courage to talk about our trials and problems, it takes courage to open up, it takes humility to share your heart out, to break out of that shell all it takes is courage.
God is calling so many of you to, let those chains of pretentions that you've been carrying since so long, to let them all break loose. He knows how pilling things from your past is hampering your present. He knows how present situations have suddenly taken a toll on your emotional and mental heath. He knows all the anxiety, fear, insecurity you've been facing and he is inviting you to let it all go. He wants to set you free from all of it . All of the guilt, the things that keep you away from being free is going to run and hide from you. I want you to step out, step out of the things that hold roots in you, The things that are pilled up, let it all out. You have wonderful people around you, who are waiting for you to open up, they love you and would never judge you.
There've been times when I sat down shared things with God and cried but still never lost my hope and trust in him. He never sees my crying as my weakness. He sees it as complete surrender and worship that I need him and I can't bear it all alone so I'm going to put everything at his feet. God sees beyond, beyond the frustration, beyond the anger, beyond the grief, he knows what place all of that comes from.
Crying can be a form of reverence and worship.
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