There is a place in God’s heart
where tears can’t stop.
Tears for the broken,
the weary,
the downtrodden.
Tears for those who have
no voices,
no one to care.
Tears for
the hungry,
the empty,
the destitute,
the abused,
the forgotten.
Tears of passion,
of compassion
flow
to us
if we will
receive them
as streams of living water,
flowing in
compelling us to act,
to care,
to open our dry eyes that
we might see
in a new way.
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This was written in response to viewing Carlos Alfonso's work "Where tears can't stop" during a session on postmodernity and pastoral care yesterday. You can view a larger copy of the image and read about it here.
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PS 56:8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?
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