Tears and Sacred Space

Sacred space and tears:
They do not have to be justified
They do not need to be explained
There is no need to hold them back
They have their own kind of perfume to the soul
They come from our soul, our wounds and yet they are part of our worship as they fall over Jesus feet
Jesus doesn’t judge them
Jesus never counts the number of times they have been shed over the same issue
Tears come out of my brokenness, my open heart in the sacred space where I find His presence, His light, His breath, His grace, His love
They may be unexplained, unknown, but there is no fear in them as I release them in sacred space
Tears are a part of the freedom of a naked heart
Are tears where the intellect and the heart can speak together to the Divine?

I don’t understand why I feel such a sense of freedom in the experiencing of this truth – that sacred space is a safe place for tears. I just know this understanding breaths freedom for me.

The Valley of Baca was a place of weeping, a place of copious tears. The people who walked through it had set their heart on pilgrimage. A pilgrimage is where one travels to a sacred place. Does this earthly pilgrimage to a sacred place also hold the truth that the journey towards it is indeed sacred space? “Blessed are those …who have set their hearts on pilgrimage”. The Valley of Tears is heart-mapping territory that holds discovery, surprises, and rugged terrain. It also is God traveled – we are not alone. This is why tears as so safe in sacred space – we are not alone when they fall, and every one is noticed and holds significance. They are created by, captured and stored by my Divine Guide – my Maestro of Life. Perhaps as He retrieves them in sacred space He will allow them to be used as He continues to teach me how to use their colours on the soul painting of my life – water colour paintings.

And how blessed all those in whom you live,
whose lives become roads you travel;
They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks,
Discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!
God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and
At the last turn – Zion! God in full view!
Psalm 84:5-7 The Message