“Tears are words that the heart cannot express.”

So if you know me very well, you will know that I am just a crier. And lately the whole world around me as been crying it seems. But these tears are not sad tears, but healing tears, letting God’s overwhelming power overtake our hearts and our souls.

The first tears I see are my own.

Healing in my own life has caused many nights full of tears. Jesus has taken the time to strip down the walls I have used to guard my heart. He has healed pains that I didn’t know I have. He has opened my heart to grieve for the people, especially the women of Nicaragua.

Tears in the hospital have broken my heart yet again.

Yesterday we went and prayed over people in the hospital. I knelt down to pray for a 2 month old little girl who was sick with pneumonia, and her 17-year-old mother starts crying. Her soft hidden sobs started to shake her body as we spoke to her. She had no family, no money, and a sick baby with no way out of this hole she was stuck in. I sat next to her and told her “Christo te ama.” As tears continued to roll down her checks she nodded and told us that Jesus will take care of her, even in sending us.

The whole nation of Nicaragua has been crying-

Well in the sense that it has been raining for 11 days solid, and has no sign of clearing. We are in a tropical storm and it has not cleared up for anymore than literally 3 minutes before the rain starts again. Many people on my team have gone out to repair roofs that are leaking in people home. Many homes have water standing in their homes, and leaking onto their beds.

Tears allow our souls to speak when we have no words. They can show us emotion we didn’t even know we have. But tears are also cleansing. They wash away the old and bring in the new. They allow Jesus to fill the broken parts of our heart.