There are a lot of images in the Psalms -- powerful, descriptive, suggestive images. Listen.

"My God is a strong rock.""In the shadow of his rock I will rest.""In the shelter of his wings I will take refuge."

The images abound. God is seen as a safe harbor -- a shepherd's arms -- our life is one in which we pass through the valley of the shadow of death -- and we walk by still waters and rest in green pastures. The images are on every page.

But there's one image in our Psalm today that I'm sure will at first strike not a familiar, but a quizzical note in your mind. It's the image I'm using as the title of the sermon: "Put My Tears in Thy Bottle." It's a part of verse 8. Listen to the entire verse: "Thou hast kept count of my tossing; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy …