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These Tears

These tears that you see
Running down my cheeks
Bathing my face...
They don’t disappear
Without a trace
He keeps every one
In divine bottles of love
In a celestial room
Flask upon flask of my pain
He keeps track of
And one day He’ll break them open with me
When I’ve been set free
And those salty tears of mine
Will water the garden
Of my heavenly mansion
That He’s prepared for me.
My tears of sorrow
That you made me cry
Many a day and many a night
He will turn into tears of joy
Unchecked and unbottled
Free!

Eileen Manassian Ghali

Psalm 56:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
8 You keep track of all my sorrows
    You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
    You have recorded each one in your book.

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Richard D Seal

Date: 3/14/2013 4:28:00 PM

We can only hope our tears are few, Regards Richard

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/31/2014 2:12:00 PM

Thank you for your post, Mr Seal. Unfortunately, my tears of late have been many....The storm will pass.

John Posey

Date: 3/13/2013 12:07:00 PM

Beautiful poem prompted by scripture. Tears shed in pain will see joyful results..... you might like "The Glory Road" which is inspired by scripture...... Love Ya..... Jake

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/13/2013 12:08:00 PM

Thanks, Jake! The scriptures are a sure comfort in time of need. My favorite author? Paul..what would the New Testament be without his writing! I will give it a read. Thanks for stopping by!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 3/12/2013 8:23:00 AM

Pretty amazing when you take time to think about it. Well said.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 3/13/2013 5:26:00 AM

:) Thanks, Richard. You are very kind.