A pastor's wife once told me that our tears are captured by angels and placed at the feet of G-d where He blesses the one who shed them because s/he allowed themself to be open to being ministered to by the Holy Spirit.

Tears are how we release sorrow... they are how we receive healing.... tears are how we release joy.... tears are not to be suppressed but to be allowed to flow freely.

It has been my experience that when I let the tears come and I let myself cry until I have no more tears to shed that I am always blessed with a joy that only comes from the Holy Spirit. An almost giddy, childlike happiness that comes when I am set free of whatever it was that caused me to cry. Even if I don't know why I am crying. It is of no consequence. It may not be for me to know. Often our need for intellectual understand is the biggest barrier to our receiving the greatest of all spiritual gifts. Those of love, joy and peace.

Bless you....