Crying

[Guest freebird]

i truthfully do my best not to cry, i had an "out burst" yesterday.

[refugepsa91]

When my father lay dying and my tears splashed on his arm,he looked at me and said 'there's great strength in tears.'

Gee I hope theres nothing wrong with crying....cuz Bob had tears in my eyes with above beautiful words his dad said to him.

I am a very emotional person...I can't help it...I cry. I cry at sad movies...I cry when I see cruelty (bullying) being done to another person, I don't know how many times in my school days I would cry while at the same time defending the person getting picked on. I cry when a loved one dies. And most of all if another person in crying in pain or brokenheartedness I cry with them while trying to comfort them. I guess I can't help it. I cry while reading a touching story...even some here on worthy in the testmonials. Gee I could go on but I won't. I think you get the picture. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong...God gave me the capability to feel deeply for people and their situations...it can be used for good. :il: My soft heart is from Him and I think I like it just the way it is

Love and Blessings,

Angel

[BoldlyProclaimingChrist]

Dear Kat,

I don't want to sound like a skipping record but everyone here has echoed my sentiments exactly. It is not a weakness. And I certainly would not discourage anyone from crying - it's not good to hold that in.

Crying shows that you have a tender and loving heart and I think that is a great attribute! If I were you I would praise the Lord for giving you such a blessing. :prayer

[Catsmeow]

John 11:33-44

He was  deeply moved in spirit and was  troubled, 34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus wept.

[Marilyn777]

Hi Kat

I think this says it all: John 11:35 - Jesus Wept!!

If crying was a sign of weakness then you would have to say Jesus was weak and we all know that isn't true!! :hug: He is the strongest person I know!!

Marilyn

[Guest kitkat]

I heard the reasons you cry are as follows.

1. You are very happy.

2. Your cold heart is melting through the love and the healing power of God.

If any of you guys know more reason, please let me know.

jkfaith, after reading your post, I became curious about what you said and tried to find other reasons why we cry, by doing a search on the net. The only thing I found was the site I have posted below. I don't know if this is along the same lines of what you were referring to or not, but I truly believe that you were right about the two you posted. I think there is healing through tears.

BTW, Welcome to Worthy!!

I think the following link talks about some of the same things that Bob mentioned in his post.

http://www.optimalhealthsecrets.com/abcd16___why_you_cry.htm

God Bless,

Kat

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[Guest kitkat]

When my father lay dying and my tears splashed on his arm,he looked at me and said 'there's great strength in tears.'

That is so sweet and so bitter-sweet at the same time Botz.

I believe there is strength in tears too. I know that when I cried like I did lastnight, the whole time, I felt the Lord so close to me. He was filling me with His comforting spirit when I was crying and afterwards, I felt stronger, not only in myself, but in the Lord also.

Thanks for sharing that with me Botz. That in itself almost made me wanna cry.

God bless,

Kat

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[Guest shadow2b]

-I have a question. I hardly ever cry, but when I do, it's usually because something has upset me pretty bad. I spent several hours crying lastnight and I can't remember the last time I cried prior to that, because it's been a while.

----Crying is "WIMPING"OUT????-WeLLLLLLL, "IF" it is I must be the BIGGEST---WIMP-on the Planet--I cry at the drop of a "hat"-specially over animals--horses-dogs--cats--& even "Some"people--that are hurting--or have-been hurt-specially by {ME}- ------I went on a CRYING -JAG here a lill-while back--I read a post-by "Someone"on these boards that I cared for ---Deeply---because I mis-read the post--but that wasn't the point--I "Thought" they had been "Deceived"-& were "LOST"Not saved-any longer---being led-astray---& this person had been a Main-stay for me--from encouraging me--advising me to just take it easy-don't get discouraged--even sent me a PM after ONE of my MANY acts of "Stupidity"which is what I call my "frequent"

outbursts of{SIN} Chewing-someone out--because I didnot agree with their point of view-------------------------

-The simple message of the PM{are YOU all-right??}-That is pure-love-UNfeigned--

-anyway--I just burst out CRYING--Uncontrollaby--I could NOT STOP--DEEP--Gut-wrenching--from the very depth of my soul-& Spirit---CRYING---Groaning--words I couldn't even speak-forth--ALL I could say was--{LORD-JESUS--JESUS}--I tried sending a PM to them--but couldn't type thru the tears & sobs---Patsy came home from work & found me CRYING--& boy was she surprised--& concerned---as to WHY I was crying like a crazy-man---{do-crazy-men-cry?}All I could do was point to the message I had tried to type & told her haltingly thru the tears & sobs to finish the PM for me-& send it-------

-ONLY after a reply to that PM was I able to stop CRYING--which had been going on for several hours---"That"was the strangest & FIRST time anything like that I have ever experienced---Sooooo--IS crying "Wimping-OUT"?? I dunno-for sure---but I think NOT----

[Guest kitkat]

Amen to all the previous posts and I agree. I know that growing up crying was seen as a weakness in my family. We were taught in a round about way not to cry and to "buck it up". Now today at 32 yrs old, I have a very hard time crying. I can count how many times I have cryed, 3 times, in the last 15 yrs. Those times were very emotional and stressful, the birth and downswing of my first child when she wasn't expected to live after only being 4 days old, the realization that my children were still being mistreated by my ex- husband and there was nothing I could do about it, and the last time was 3 yrs ago when I finally "crashed" after my father died. I do not see crying as a weakness now but I can look back and see what those thoughts do to a person. It causes someone to build a wall up sooo high and so strong that even when you get to a point that it is "ok" to cry, you can't. Just keep in mind that if Jesus did it, then why can't we? "Jesus wept" the shortest verse in the Bible but also the most powerful one.

We were never taught in our family not to cry, so during my whole life, I've cried when I felt the need to cry about something. My mother would cry and pray pretty often. If she didn't cry when she prayed, a lot of times, she didn't feel like her prayers were as effective.

If you only cried 3 times in 15 years, that's hardly crying at all. I don't see how you did that, but I'm glad that you no longer feel that crying is a weakness by what you were taught in your upbringing. I don't consider that I cry very often, but I don't think I could go that long without crying.

My main problem is I'm the youngest of the family and I think I've seen my sister that I spoke about in my first post cry maybe two or three times in her whole life and she feels that to be strong, is not to cry.

After reading all the responses here, I'm not going to feel guilty anymore about crying. I didn't cry at my dad's funeral, because I was concerned that my sister would feel I was too emotional, so I waited til it was over and then I cried.

I'm glad I posted this, because it's been something I needed to resolve for a while now and I can take comfort from the verse that you and others quoted, that says

"Jesus Wept".

God bless,

Kat

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[Guest kitkat]

Absolutely nothing wrong with crying, for either men or women. I know I cry, and several of the Saints here on Worthy know that because I