He hears your cries

Hebrews 5:5-11 "So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,'You are my Son, today I have begotten you'; as he says also in another place,'You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.' In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing." ESV

When did Jesus offer prayers and supplications with vehement cries and tears?  Perhaps numerous times, but one time is recorded, in the Garden of Gethsemane: "And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, 'Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.' And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground." Luke 22:41-44  

The night He was betrayed, He was pleading with the Father (the One who was able to save Him from death) AND HE WAS HEARD because of His reverence...

When we say God heard our prayer we typically mean -He answered us favorably. When things do not go according to our plan we tend to think God did not hear, or at least did not answer our prayers, and yet this verse says that Jesus' pleadings and vehement cries and tears were heard-even though the end (or seeming end) was a brutal death on the cross. However, that wasn't really the end because the result of Christ's submission and obedience was that He, Messiah, was perfected (vs. 9) and therefore became the author of eternal salvation. 

God, the Father, heard the cries of His Son yet Jesus still suffered and God's purpose was still accomplished in spite of the suffering, in fact because of the suffering.

When you are experiencing the weight of suffering, God hears your vehement cries and prayers.  He sees your tears.  If your suffering continues, know that God has not turned a deaf ear or ignored you. No...rather, God the Father hears your cries even if you still suffer and God's purpose is still being accomplished in spite of the suffering, in fact usually because of the suffering.  

Diane