Tears Of Healing

Reading Hebrews 13:1-2, made me reflect back to a man the Lord sent our way, a man we will never forget,and will forever hold in our hearts.

When I opened my eyes there he was kneeling before us, he began weeping in a way I had never heard anyone weep before. He was dirty from his head to his feet and he had no shoes on, but what really stood out about this man was the color of his eyes. He had the most beautiful blue eyes I had ever seen, and looking at them filled with tears was like starring into a crystal blue sea….Let me start from the beginning.

It was a Friday afternoon, my husband and I decided to go to church early and set up our music equipment, and rehearse the songs we were going to do for praise and worship for a youth service that evening. I remember praying with my husband over the songs we were planning to do that night, it was something we always did before ministering in music. We began singing and went through a couple of praise songs, there were times when people walking past the church would stop by to listen .

We began to slow the music down and songs of worship filled the air, we closed our eyes as we sang, the presence of the Lord could be felt around us. It was just Larry, myself, and the Lord, so I thought, I could sense another presence near by and slowly opened my eyes. I guess my husband felt it as well, and we both looked toward the entrance to the church and there was a man standing there. I looked at Larry and we just continued to sing, we closed our eyes and continued to worship. We began to hear sobs in front of us, Larry and I stopped and the stranger at the door had moved to where we were and fell to his knees and began to weep.I know when he fell upon his knees and wept, Jesus was right there holding him ever so closely.

This was his story...
He served in the military during the Vietnam war, as a young soldier coming home from Vietnam he recalled his fellow soldiers and himself being ridiculed for killing women and children. The welcome home was not what he or the others had expected, besides he was already experiencing post traumatic stress from all that he had to endure and had experienced during the war.. The impact of all that he went through left him with a serious mental depression, leaving him homeless, losing everything he had, or had ever loved, including life itself. As he was walking past the church, he said he could hear the most soothing music unlike he had ever heard before drawing him in, and he had to see where it was coming from.

He told us how it just touched his heart and soul in way where he began to weep. He touched his tears that fell from his eyes and cried even more, why? because he said for many years he was not able to shed a tear, he had lived with the guilt of having to see his buddies, as well innocent women and children die, and not being able to help them. He was so numb inside all those years, and now he was able to feel emotions again, We prayed with this man and gave him clothes, socks, and a pair of shoes from our helping hands closet, and he went on his way.

That evening the room was filled with people singing and worshipping the Lord, Larry and I sang with hearts rejoicing over that lost soul who the Lord had sent our way. We had witnessed the healing of a man who had been so broken and depressed. As we were getting ready for the message to come forth I saw a man come through the entrance, my husband and I looked at each other and we both smiled, how could I ever forget those eyes, he had gotten a haircut, shaved his beard off, and was clean from head to toe, and had shoes on his feet.

After the service ended we looked around for our new friend, he was no where to be found. We suddenly realized we never got his name, I will never forget the stranger with the crystal blue eyes, who followed the leading of the Lord as the music ministered to his broken soul. A man who wept tears of healing, whose spirit was set free from the pain of his past, so he could begin to live again.


In Hebrews 13: 1-2 The Lord reminds us to: Continue to love each other with true Christian love. Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it.

Thank you Lord, for using two broken, and willing vessels, to reach out and touch another broken soul. All Glory and Honor belongs to you now and forever.. Amen.

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