Men do cry

Do men cry? Of course they do. It pains me to know that some people give a false impression that men must be unemotional. I remember when I received news that my father had collapsed and died, I did not cry. But when I had to start sharing the news with others my controls were down and I broke down. David, a man after God's heart, cried.

1 Samuel 20:41, As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.

King Saul hated David to the point that he wanted to kill him. His son Jonathan was a close friend of David. Jonathan could not believe that his father would want to kill David. Two men wept together in the field. Jonathan was shamed by his father for being a friend to David, and David was under great stress trying to understand what he had done wrong. Their therapy was to cry.

Father, as I cry before you, I know it is your way of ministering to me. Let me not hold back.