“A Tear Rolled Down My Back” by Robin Gilbert
You’ve kept track of all my wandering and my weeping. You’ve stored my many tears in your bottle—not one will be lost. For they are all recorded in your book of remembrance. ~ Psalm 56:8 TPT
I am a woman on the go. Often, after I have gone to bed, I will think of something I need to do and get out of bed to make note of it. I recently began going to a chiropractor and as part of my treatment, he has given me a daily progressive exercise to do at home. Each night before I go to bed, I lay out my yoga mat and I turn on some soft music and do my prescribed exercise.
The first night I had to lay in the same position for 3 minutes, each night I add a minute and the goal is to work my way up to 20 minutes. I must admit, the three minutes was a difficult task. I kept shifting my position, lifting my head if I thought I heard a noise and once I actually got up and jotted down a grocery list, which of course cause me to start the three minutes all over again. It was hard. Laying and doing nothing was a very hard thing to do.
By the time I worked my way up to five minutes I had devised a method for tolerating the “time prison”. I decided that I would pray. I concluded that I could spend the five minutes praying and that would keep my mind focused. I laid the yoga mat on the floor, set the timer, and began to pray. I thanked the Lord for my children, my husband, my family, for blessings I had not recognized or acknowledged, for blessings I had recognized, for His protection and before I knew it the timer chimed, and my five minutes were up. I was so overwhelmed by all that God had done for me that I stayed on the floor for an additional two minutes…thanking God.
When I finally opened my eyes, a tear rolled down the side of my face, dripped on my neck and rolled down my back. It startled me, I was not aware that my eyes had filled with tears. As I reached behind me to wipe the moisture from my back I thought, this is the tear that has been shed for the life that is now behind me. I sat on the floor for an unknown length of time and I rejoiced in the time I had spent with the Lord.
I have worked my way up to the required 20 minutes. I look forward to it each night. I am filled with excitement knowing that tonight a tear will roll down my back.
~ Written by Robin Gilbert ~
Robin is a former Pastor and an ordained minister and a native of Denver, Colorado, who made Huntsville her home in 1982. Robin and her husband, Minister Isaiah Gilbert conduct Real Life Bible Studies through their ministry Our Church Without Walls. She is the founder of the Alabama Christian Business Association, a faith-based nonprofit organization that aids in the startup and connection of Christian owned businesses, and she has authored and published numerous books among which are Dear God…It’s Me – A Meditation Journal, The Ministers Resource Book, and What is…Asked Javien, a Christian children’s book collection.
Robin is a proud mother of four adult children, a mother-in-law and a grandmother of five, which she thanks God for each and every day. A powerful, dynamic, speaker Robin uses the gifts of the Spirit to speak from her heart and soul with a genuine love for whom God made her and for what she does. When asked how and/or why she does all that she does, she simply replies… “I Am The Lord’s”.
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