Tears…blessings or a curse
The Lord has blessed me with a very tender heart. The result is that I cry-muchly. :) I cry when someone leaves town, even if it is for a short time and I know they will return. I know I will miss them so those are tears of missing and sadness. I cry when someone comes back into town! So those are tears of welcoming and joy! I cry at hallmark commercials, I cry at other commercials too, I cry when I watch The Waltons, Little House on the Praire, I Love Lucy…
My friends in Russia used to say “Vanessa, you are so cryable! And it’s true. I am not sure sometimes if my tears are a blessing or a curse.
So why do I write about tears? Well, we at Calvary Poltava are in a time of transition. Don and Marta Patten are leaving for Isreal one week from today (by this time next week they will be in Isreal!), the Brinkerhoff family (missionaries I work alongside with in Poltava) leave tomorrow for furlough in Indiana. I’ve been crying since last week! Tonight at prayer meeting the waterfalls started. SIGH I will see the Brinkerhoff’s again soon, and will see Don and Marta in May prayerfully at the National Conference. But all the same, I will miss these people dearly (uh oh, I am crying again). Thus the tears.
Please please please pray for us here at Calvary Poltava during this time of transition. That our eyes will not be on ourselves, but on the Lord. It isn’t about who is Pastor, but about how the Lord is using that person and speaking through that person into our lives. Are we receiving His words? Or rejecting? Are we comparing Pastor’s? Or are we accepting of who the Lord has put in this position.
Thank you for your prayers. I will keep you updated as I can see through my tears.
I wonder if Angels cry?
