In 2013 we went through probably the hardest time of our lives. Through wrong decisions and actions I had made I felt as if we had lost everything and found ourselves in a real wilderness. We didn't know what to do or who to trust and every hour of every day was a struggle. Im sure its true for many people that life can be cruel sometimes wether its self induced or from an outside source, but whatever gets us into the wilderness doesn't have the power to keep us in the wilderness.
One thing I do know is that my wife Jill and I cried many tears, some of repentance, some of pain, some of real hopelessness and some of joy. We decided that crying in our wilderness was part of a healing process. Our tears brought us closer together as a family and even closer to God, in fact we cried our way out of the wilderness! The Psalmist David puts it like this 'weeping may stay for the night but joy comes in the morning' (Ps 30:5) Well it was a long night! But the morning did come as sure as the sun rises in the east. During our tears in the wilderness we probably learnt more lessons in all the previous years of marriage and ministry. If your in a wilderness experience right now don't be afraid to cry, your tears in the wilderness will bring you closer to God and eventually they will carry you by His grace out into a much better place.
