Liquid prayers!
(Charles Spurgeon, "Treasury of David")
of my weeping." Psalm 6:8
Is there a voice in weeping?
Does weeping speak? In what
language does it utter its meaning?
Why, in that universal tongue
which is known and understood
in all the earth, and even in
Heaven above.
When a man weeps, whether
he is a Jew or Gentile, Barbarian,
Scythian, bond or free--
it has the same meaning in it.
Weeping is the eloquence
of sorrow. It is an eloquent
orator, needing no interpreter--
but understood by all.
It is sweet to know that our tears
are understood, even when words fail.
Let us learn to think of tears as liquid
prayers, and of weeping as a constant
dropping of importunate intercession
which will surely wear its way right
into the very heart of GOD'S mercy,
despite the stony difficulties which
obstruct the way.
My GOD, I will "weep" when
I cannot plead, for YOU hear
the voice of my weeping!
"It is a sight fit for angels to behold,
tears as pearls dropping from
a penitent eye!" Thomas Watson
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GraceGems has published Archibald Alexander's insightful article,
"An amiable youth falling short of Heaven!"
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