Lord Jesus, Thank you for drying my tears.

 **"THANK YOU FOR DRYING MY TEARS"**  

*A Grateful Heart's Response to God's Comfort*  

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### **1. YOU COLLECTED EVERY ONE** *(Psalm 56:8)*  

*"You kept count of my wanderings,  

Put my tears in Your bottle—  

Each sob, each ache, each midnight cry,  

Held sacred in Your sight."*  

### **2. YOUR HANDS WIPED THEM AWAY** *(Revelation 21:4)*  

*"No tissue, no hurried sleeve,  

But the hem of Your robe—divine, gentle—  

Dabbing my cheeks with nail-scarred hands,  

Turning my mourning to morning."*  

### **3. YOU REPLACED THEM WITH JOY** *(Psalm 30:5, 11-12)*  

*"Where salt streaks once marked my face,  

Now oil of gladness gleams.  

You traded my sackcloth for dancing shoes,  

My lament for a tambourine!"*  

### **4. YOU DEFENDED MY RIGHT TO HOPE** *(Psalm 126:5-6)*  

*"When others said, 'Stay in your grief,'  

You declared, 'She will reap in joy!'  

The same hands that caught every tear  

Now sow my future with harvest songs."*  

### **5. NOW I HOLD YOUR PROMISE** *(Isaiah 25:8)*  

*"One day—no more tissues needed,  

No bottles required in Glory.  

You’ll wipe the last tear Yourself,  

And we’ll never cry again."*  

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### **SCRIPTURAL COMFORT:**  

- **Psalm 34:18** *(God near the brokenhearted)*  

- **Luke 7:38** *(Jesus honored a woman’s tears)*  

- **2 Kings 20:5** *(“I have heard your weeping”)*  

- **John 11:35** *(Jesus wept with those who weep)*  

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### **PRAYER OF GRATITUDE:**  

*"Thank You, Jesus, for stooping to catch  

What others ignored or dismissed.  

You didn’t just notice—You *collected*,  

You didn’t just comfort—You *claimed*.  

Now let my dried eyes reflect Your light,  

And my story declare:  

‘God bends low for the hurting,  

And His love leaves no tear unused.’"*