Why Do I Cry As A Christian

by Lydia Najera⁽²⁴⁾

“He will wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, all of that has gone forever.” Rev 21:4

There are a lot of reasons why I cry as a Christian. One of them is when I feel all alone with no one to turn to. Another is allowing my own evil thoughts to overcome me, leading me to act on the thought instead of turning to our Lord Jesus Christ. Sure, I can say, “I am only human” but what would this prove? To me it is a cop out for what the Lord has done for me. Jesus came to the earth because God, our Father wanted him to be here to sacrifice himself in order to save us from our self. By his death and resurrection, he made the way and the only way we can repay him is to give of our selves. But to tell you the truth, at times I cannot even do that because I am so rapped up in me and what I want, that I do not care what others need. Once I realize what I am doing, it hurts and feels ungodly; and then I cry.

The day that I came to the Lord, I thought I put “self” behind me. Then I allow the devil to push those “old” buttons and even though I want to do right, I end up doing wrong and again, I cry. (Romans 6)

Before I became a Christian, I cried when my life was filled with pain and the hardships of life; some through no fault of my own, but mostly because of my choices; like the pain caused by drugs and homosexuality and how I wanted to die on a regular basis. However, something would not let me die, and I did not understand. I could not live the way I was living but didn’t know how to live any other way. Crying as a non-believer was out of hopelessness and emptiness.

Now that I am the servant of the Lord, I cry because I have done something wrong maybe not by choice but by impulse. It is because I have a genuine assurance of love and forgiveness and I sorrow because I have sinned against the Lord. My soul’s desire is to please him because I am thankful for what he has done. I also cringe and cry for all of those people that do not want to know him or curse him for the devil’s sake.

“For the Lamb standing in front of the throne will feed them and be their shepherd and lead them to the springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away their tears away” Rev 7:17

This is my prayer, and I know that one day I will be able to see the eyes of our Lord but in the meantime I have to change; I need to do more than say I am my Father’s temple, I have to be my Father’s temple. As people would say, I need to walk the walk and talk the talk, but most of all I need to walk the talk, and I am sure most will understand that.

When I do things I know is wrong, I try to make up for them later on, and as a Christian this is not what God wants from me (or you). Instead, He wants us to draw near to him, so that we will continually be transformed into his image and die to the image of this world.

Why do you cry?

“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” 2 Corinthians 7:10

God Bless you,

Lydia Najera

Article submitted Monday, October 26, 2009 & read 699 times.

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» left by Marijo Phelps from mountain meadow CO (2 years 103 days ago.)

I am so glad that Someone didn't let you die! Really enjoy your writing,Lydia. Keep encouraging and challenging your readers! Marijo
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» left by Lydia Najera from Spangle, Washington (2 years 102 days ago.)

Thank you Marijo you are so enlighting for me .I am glade that you enjoy what the the LOrd our God gives me to wirte.. I am so glad that I have given my live to him to with it as he pleases. I pray that aI will continue to grow further in the LOrd as you have!.

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