Your Tears in His Bottle

Meditations on Christ in the Psalms 

September 20, 2022

Your Tears in His Bottle

 

You keep track of all my sorrows.

You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

You have recorded each one in your book.

Psalm 56:8

God. Say this out loud:

“God!”

What thoughts or images come to your mind?

One statement that helps me articulate the multifaceted nature of God is in the United Methodist Church’s Modern Affirmation: “We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, power and love, whose mercy is over all His works, and whose will is ever directed to His children's good” (The United Methodist Hymnal, Nr. 885). I believe the personal lament in Psalm 56 affirms all the attributes of God contained in this affirmation. The psalmist is trusting in the wisdom and power of God to be sufficient to help him. He is also affirming the very personal relationship he has with his God of mercy, power and love, and he is resting in the sure knowledge that he is God’s child.

What thoughts or images came to your mind as you said out loud, “God”? If your thoughts of God were not of your Abba Father and His unfailing personal love for you, then spend some time meditating on these verses from Psalm 56:

You keep track of all my sorrows.

    You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

    You have recorded each one in your book.

This I know: God is on my side!

For you have rescued me from death;

    you have kept my feet from slipping.

So now I can walk in your presence, O God,

    in your life-giving light.

Psalm 56: 8, 9b, 13 

My Takeaway: This I know: God is on my side!

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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