Tears

Well God answered my prayer today....
I read this as I went to bed..."Grief is good. Grief helps us heal our hearts...Let the tears come. Get alone, get to your car or your bedroom or the shower and let the tears come. Let the tears come. It is the only kind thing to do for your woundedness. Allow yourself to feel again. And feel you will-many things....Let it all out. As Augustine wrote in his confessions, "The tears streamed down, and let them flow as freely as they would, making of them a pillow for my heart. On them it rested." Grief is a form of validation;it says the wound mattered. It mattered. You mattered... Let the tears come." In John and Staci Eldridge's book captivating.

So my prayer was renewed, "Lord, please let the tears come"

So God answered that prayer. In chapel today, I cried. Unstoppable, lovely tears poured down as I was heart-broken for my students to know God. For the speaker's past hurt. For my kids who are hurt. For my hurt. I cried from the moment the music began till the chapel was over. I cried on my way to my classroom and all the way through my planning period. I have to tell you that God does answer prayer.