FORWOMENHEREAFTER

Do you
know God
puts all your
tears in a
bottle?

TEARS IN A BOTTLE COLLECTION
Caryl Ramsdale, American Poet

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. REVELATION 21:4 KJV

BY HIS SIDE
A Tears in a Bottle Collection Signature Poem.
to Larry Ramsdale

In the lands the Bible mentions
During times we consider old
A tear bottle was a custom;
Its contents more precious than gold.
Vessels made of animal skins
Kept and carried liquid back then.
Sometimes they were a tote for tears
That had been shed time and again.
Tears that glorified our Father
Were righteous tears someone had wept.
Only tears of a godly cause
Earned their worth, were rescued and kept.
True friends would join a weeping brother—
Sit near catching tears, one by one
Careful none were lost to the ground
But saved, 'til the crying was done.
And a tear bottle was buried
With the one that suffered and cried;
Filled with tears that were collected
By friends that still stood by his side.

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