The first language that all of us speak is one that of crying. The basic need of getting milk, need for cleaning, facing fear and so on make the child cry out and express that the need be met by the mother even in the middle of the night. Crying out is one of the most important things that make the child receive all his or her needs in the first few years of their growing. In spiritual life too, crying out wins the attention of the loving God and makes us receive the need that we cannot fulfil by ourselves. Hagar cried in the wilderness, God immediately intervened her case; Anna cried out and poured out her miserable situation of barrenness, and received the answer to be the mother of the prophet; Esther and Mordecai cried out at the command of their extinction, and received protection; the two blind men who sat by the road cried out, and Jesus restored them back to sight, and many more instances are recorded in the bible. Peter too cried out and instantly got the hand of the Mater that saved him: “But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’ Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’” (Mt 14:30-31). Our crying can be compared to the SOS distress signal that receives the emergency rescue for the sailors in the ship in their extreme need.  Our crying and tears move God who is full of compassion. May we never be ashamed to cry out to God, for we are only children of His however grown we may be, and His compassion would extend to heal, protect, save and survive us in times of need.

Abba, Thank You for listening to the cry of Your children. Let Your Spirit give us faith to cry out to You in our extreme needs so that we may receive blessings from You, In Jesus’ Most Compassionate Name, Amen.