"Shedding tears is neither a lack of faith
nor a signal of personal weakness.
When afflictions too massive to contain
push open the floodgates of our heart,
when tormenting hurts rise upward
and press teardrops from our eyes,
You do not reprimand or admonish us.
Instead, when we succumb to weeping
you reach to softly catch our teardrops
with the loving touch of your compassion."
Ruth Marlene Fox, as quoted in "Fragments of Your Ancient Name," by Joyce Rupp
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