Our Tears are Never Wasted

You, O God, have followed me all my days, searched my heart and all my ways…
Led me to my new birth, filled me with a heavenly worth…
Taught me that life’s not fair, and to cast all my care…
Upon you, for it’s there, I will find my rest…
In each trial and in every test…my tears are shed and I’ll not protest…
As you collect them in your bottle…

Tears I’ve cried throughout the years
Some of joy, some of fears
You collect my tears and store them in your bottle,
Seemed at times, it was utter madness…
Sometimes relief, and sometimes gladness, was met on this path called life…

But all along the roads I’ve traveled, broken dreams, life, unraveled…
One constant still remains…
I can trust in Jesus’ name…
For you take notice of those who pray, and tears that are shed along the way…
In your book of remembrance, you write them down…
For those who will obtain the golden-crown; heaven is where they’ll stay.

Tears for a lost soul, tears so bold, tears like rain, do fall…
Through it all…
Our tears are kept in your bottle,
Called to remembrance, who we are, like tiny crystals; sparkling stars…
To be poured out as a sweet fragrance to our God…
He bottles our tears and remembers them all…
Even now as they gently fall…
You collect them in your bottle…

Tears for life and tears in death, tears shed for one’s last breath
Bottled by my father’s hand…
Thank you, Father, every detail of our lives matter to you, even our tears.

~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 8, 2019

Psalm 56:8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
You’ve kept track of all my wandering and my weeping. You’ve stored my many tears in your bottle—not one will be lost. For they are all recorded in your book of remembrance.

Malachi 3:16 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
Then those who revere ADONAI spoke with each other, and ADONAI took notice and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written before Him, for those who revere ADONAI, even those who esteem His Name.