By DiAnn Mills @diannmills

Welcome to week six of Faith Friday in our Adventure with God. The letter T stands for tears. We weep when the happenings of our lives disappoint us, and we are crushed by what we experience.

Many times, in our sorrow, we question God’s love. How could He allow us to feel so utterly miserable? What good can come of our anguish and suffering? Why, God, do I spend so many hours writing only to face rejection? We’ve served God faithfully all these years, and He acknowledges us with a tragedy or rejection?

Let’s be honest. We’ve all wondered where God fits in the heartache. Well-meaning people instruct us to resist feeling sorry for ourselves, to get over whatever has made us sad, as though the emotion God gave us is not worthy.

I like what Charles Dickens wrote in Great Expectations:

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.”

Albert Smith states, “Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.”

Perhaps God uses tears to flood us with spiritual growth. When all we have is desperation, and when all we can do is hold onto the Father’s hand, our relationship with Him is strengthened—as though our tears are spiritual glue in the healing process.

Prayer – Heavenly Father, I thank You for the many times You have dried my tears with Your Word. Your love cleanses my sin and gives me peace. Amen

Reflection – The Psalmist says it so beautifully in Psalm 126:5.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

“You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?” Psalms 56:8

DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. Firewall, the first book in her Houston: FBI series, was listed by Library Journal as one of the best Christian Fiction books of 2014.

DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Suspense Sister, and International Thriller Writers. She is co-director of The Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference with social media specialist Edie Melson. She teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn is active online and would love to connect with readers on any of the social media platforms listed at http://www.diannmills.com