Crying a Blessing and a Curse!

Have you ever wondered why we cry at a sad movie or when we see someone else crying we allow their emotions to overtake us too?

We cry at a sad movie or because someone else is crying because emotions are superficially based on stimuli, they do not tell us what is really happening.

We cry at a sad movie not because something sad or happy is happening to us personally, but because our emotions are triggered by the stimuli produced on the screen, none of it is real. This is why we cannot trust our emotions.

When the world says to follow your feelings it is telling you to irrationally lean into something that is fantasy, something triggered by imagination rather than real events.

You will find not one scripture that tells us to follow our feelings. We do have feelings and it is alright to admit that, but following them to take a course of action will only cause us more pain and little to no relief from the emotions.

We can observe the reactions of a crying child, if they are not told to get control of themselves they often will become hysterically unable to stop the wild uncontrollable weeping. The harder they cry the more out of control they become.

It is rational reasoning that tells us when to stop crying and get hold of ourselves. Crying is good when it releases stress in our lives but the emotion of crying must be evaluated to discern whether the weeping is warranted or whether it is an irrational fear that will lead us into error or actions that do not honor God.

Emotions were given to us by God but have been corrupted by the fall. They have been used to manipulate others, to avoid accountability, and to excuse sinful behavior. They have even convinced us of thoughts that are not true.

We all cry when the stress of difficulty occurs, even Christ wept, very bitter and bloody tears before going to the cross, but He did not allow those tears to lead Him to avoid the cross He knew He must face.

Our tears are there to relieve stress not to gage truth.

Interesting too that we create our own stress when we watch a movie that makes us sad. Just something to think about.