Crying in The Faith Shower

Can you relate?

“In the morning you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’ because of the fear which terrifies your heart, and because of the sight which your eyes see.”

Deuteronomy 28:67

This verse is largely tied to the curse of disobedience. It is not feel-goody.

And how many of us, cursed or not, feel the weight of these words as we contemplate stepping into the shower? We start our day this way?

The heaviness.

Yes, we can be focused, disciplined, “people of faith.”

We can be hardworking, dedicated, and loyal.

Yet, it seems like nothing is happening for us.

Or worse, the wrong things are happening for us.

“For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.”

Psalms 31:10

It sounds to me like a great example of us crying in the shower, doesn’t it?

This goes beyond a workplace environment, a job that makes us only feel exploited and invisible.

It speaks to our feelings and perspectives of pointlessness.

That we only exist for pain and unfulfillment.

Morning, therefore, can be the most dreadful, because it often reminds us that we are Sisyphus, only pushing the rock up a hill, yet again.

This is all life is.

So, yes, we cry in the shower, don’t we?

We feel the pressure of boulder tears racing our eyes. It doesn’t matter if we open our eyes or shut them tightly to prevent the tears from coming.

The pressure remains; it feels unbearable.

So, no, many of us are not the sunny “morning people,” launching into each new day with the enthusiasm of an adventurer.

Yeah, I know.

It’s more like this guy, instead.

The cat hair is symbolic of our frazzled, burned out, even despondent selves.

Right before we go about our situation of crying in the shower.

Morning is not a reminder of wonder and blessings for many of us.

It is drudgery. Tediousness. Burnout. Even despair.

Morning Reminders…

Before we get anything going, including that shower running, it’s helpful to consider the promise of morning.

Scripture does have some things to say about it…

“…Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5

“It is of Elohim's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”

Lamentations 3:22-23

I know.

That is so painful and challenging to experience, isn’t it?

I know it can be difficult and painful to get behind those verses. The day, in morning light, can often feel ruined before it even starts.

“Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.”

Lamentations 3:54

This is the only experience for many of us, as we get in the shower.

The water is going to flow over our heads and remind us that it is bleak.

We are only “cut off?”

The job.

The toxic relationship.

The unhappy role we feel forced into.

The sense of pointlessness.

Just some examples of why we cry in the shower.

All valid reasons behind our tears.

And our tears are valid.

“... ‘I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee...”

2 Kings 20:5

You may not feel like you are praying in the shower.

Just crying.

Just silently stuffing down those tears.

That despair.

But, through your tears and sobbing, you are praying.

“With groanings that cannot be uttered…”

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

Romans 8:26

This scripture often gets mentioned concerning “praying in the spirit- speaking in tongues.”

And yeah, that’s true.

But I believe it’s more than that.

The Holy Spirit, our Comforter, Guide, and Teacher, also groans through and for us. Tears are part of that process.

Our tears groan. They can do so without ever making a noise.

He knows everything about us, including when we are silently crying, in and out of the shower.

Our sighs are also recorded as prayers.

“You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.”

Psalm 139:2

Crying- tears- sighing- they are ALL thoughts. He knows them all.

He is recording- and storing- all of them.

“You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?”

Psalm 56:8

What was your morning like today?

Did you cry in the shower today?

Is “crying in the shower” your emotional, mental, and spiritual state?

“…‘Refrain your voice from weeping. And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded...”

Jeremiah 31:16

Our “work” stretches beyond any “job.”

It speaks to effort. Maybe even, intention.

It speaks to our heart issues.

And we all have them, no matter what we do for “work.”

 

Think about the last time you cried. When was that?

How recent was it?

 

He keeps record of EVERY TEAR, no matter when or where it was shed. Silent tears, un-cried tears. Stifled, stuffed down tears.

Exhausted, “too-tired-to-even-try-to-cry-tears.”

ALL OF THEM.

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”

Psalms 126:5

Let’s pray.

ABBA-

We come to You, in the Name of Yahshua.

You know our cry.

You know if we cried in the shower.

You know our desperation, our despair, or deep sadness, regret, and our frustration.

You know.

Forgive us for not turning to You.

By faith, we do now.

Please attend to both our cry and all our tears.

Help us.

Be Who You are, Our Loving Father TO us.

Resolves, heal, bless, and reward us.

Anoint us with Your Joy and Peace.

Thank You.

We receive it, in the Name of Yahshua,

Amen.

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