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Go ahead, cry!

The pain in this pandemic is hard to bear. Frontliners call for time out. Some people are shirking. Many are fainting, distressed, deppressed, declined, downhearted, troubled.

Maybe you are afraid to show your vulnerability. You believe that holding your tears is a virtue. But go ahead, cry... cry unto God!

Cry to God just like the psalmist David. The Lord hears you. He comforts you. He notices what you say. He delivers you from your sufferings.
[Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.]

Cry to God just like Job. When you think no one stand before you, when people are against you, when friends fail you, remember the Lord. Wept before Him and let Him heal that broken heart. 
[Job 16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.]

Cry to God just like Hannah. Mingle your tears with prayer. Bring that bitternes to God and plead to Him for His mercy.
[1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.]

Cry to God just like the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. As your trouble and sorrow grow, grow in prayer. In your agony, pray earnestly.
[Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.]
The list goes on. The Bible is filled with accounts and stories of strongest people of faith crying to God in their adversary. They did not only cry. They cried unto God.

Go ahead, cry unto Him!
Pour out your heart before Him.
[Psalms 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.]

Cast your cares upon Him.
[1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.]

Bring your request unto Him.
[Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.]

God knows your pain. Weep when necessary. But move forward with faith. Be refreshed and be restored. Do not dwell on your tears. Rejoicing is a command as well.
[Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.]

Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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