Big Ones Do Cry

People around the globe find it humiliating and struggling to cry out in times of trouble. Most specifically Men! We have been fed by this world with the notion that men are not supposed to cry. They should always be strong and firm, always with pride and heads up to say “I’m the man!” Machismo is the very same reason why men choose suicide over crying, because they have portrait they can surpass everything, self sufficient and always able. More than that, machismo has also entered the world of women. In these most liberating times, even girls are conditioned not to cry, because big girls don’t cry.

In my distress I called onto God and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears (Psalm 18:6).

There’s nothing wrong to being firm. Being firm builds the character of strength in one’s heart. It will make increase your threshold on pain so that you won’t be easily affected by petty circumstances. But for most of the succumbing and frustrating situation, you cannot keep everything in your self and you have to blurt it out to someone who can really understand and listen to you. David is a big man, not by built but by achievement. He is more than a conqueror, fought Goliath, does exploits for Israel, expanded the kingdom and ruled over it. But it’s never easy for David. He has been facing so many struggles that made him tore his kingly robe, fall face down, and not just cry, but moan and wailed  to the one who can hear him and understand him all the way – GOD!

God can actually hear you and see your situation even before you call to Him. However, the fact that you are saying “I can do this, I’m the man” or “I’m a big girl now, I don’t cry” and eventually made God say “Ok, then do it your way, I’ll help when you can’t do it anymore.” Keeping your self from crying before God made God feel He is not needed. And at the end of the day, you grew tired because things are just too big for you to handle.

In the day when I cried You answered me and made me bold with strength in my soul (Psalm 138:3).

Crying before God is a desperate measure. But destructive circumstances need desperate measure. God answers the calls of His children as a Father answers the sobbing of his child. He will make you courageous, bold with strength in soul, will and determination. Big ones do cry. Because big ones know when to say I can and I can’t. Big ones know how to be true in front of a God that can hear and understand.  Go on and cry out before God. He can hear you; He is always there to listen. He will answer you and He will make you strong as a big man and women is. Big ones do cry!