What a neat way to put that. squeeze the heart and juice comes out the 
eyes" I like that!

Brad

At 07:13 PM 6/4/2007, you wrote:

>I cry like that, Phil.  But, I suppose that is different, some are 
>probably thinking.  After all, I am a woman.  I ask anyone, what the 
>freaking difference that makes.
>
>When GOD squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your eyes, is a 
>beautiful little truth in and of itself.  I respect and am very proud of 
>men that can cry.  In my humble opinion, these are the real men of this planet.
>
>IN HIS MATCHLESS NAME,
>
>purple Mari
>
>
>
>At 02:13 PM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
>>Rhonda,
>>
>>You, unfortunately, made the same mistake I have made more than once in
>>churches I attended.  I tried letting people know who I really was, and got
>>burned every single time.  One time, the pastor's wife, where I had been for
>>13 years, where I had preached, and where I served the Lord, lied about me.
>>How do you think I was going to go about convincing her husband, the pastor,
>>that his wife was a bold faced, bare faced, liar?  That's right.  I
>>couldn't.  She lied about me, regardless, and that was the third time I let
>>this pastor into my life intimately in a spiritual sense.  One day, while on
>>my knees praying about all of this, and crying my artificial eyes out, I
>>realized that three strikes and you are out.  I wrote that pastor off.  I
>>still love him to this day.  He is 86 years old and pastoring a new church
>>he started 25 miles south of Denver.  I learned more from him than anyone.
>>I'd do anything he asked me to do.  I admire him nearly above any man of God
>>I know but he will never be my pastor again.  this is why we call our little
>>church, Safe Place Fellowship.  On Friday nights, and Sunday mornings, I
>>encourage people to speak about exactly how they feel and I don't care what
>>it is.  No, you can't do this in a meeting of 3 or 4 hundred people as
>>easily, of course, but that is what home groups are for.  If we are that
>>large some day, we will still have home groups every night of the week in
>>various parts of the city for that very reason, to create a Safe Place for
>>people.  No, I am not talking about therapeutic sensitivity group meetings.
>>There is only one problem with this.  I keep forgetting I have to be honest
>>and reveal my feelings, too.  That's very difficult to do when people
>>consider you the shepherd.  Fortunately, I cry easily and it is hard being
>>proud when you cry.  I used to hate how easily I cried in front of others
>>and about the simplest of things, too, until God said, Jeremiah was known as
>>the weeping prophet.  I figured if Jeremiah could be a thumb sucker and God
>>used him mightily, that was good enough for me.  Besides, as Lester Rolloff
>>used to say, when God squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your eyes.
>>
>>Phil.