“The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces.”—Isaiah 25:8.

Come, all ye sorrowful, mourning souls, and see what a fair pearl of promise your God has brought to light for you, out of the very depths of the sea of your affliction.

Come, and we will together—for I also am a mourner,—look into this precious Word of our God; we will dwell upon its unspeakable love, we will think upon its gentle pity, till our tears catch its soft radiance, and glisten with the beauty of the” rainbow round about the throne.”

The salt drops which steal down our cheeks through physical suffering,—wrung from our eyes by mortal pain and weakness, are all seen by our loving Lord; they are put into His bottle, His purpose concerning them shall be manifest when their mission is accomplished, and then the source from whence they sprang shall be forever dried up. “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”

“The Lord God will.” There is not the shadow of a doubt about this, poor sighing soul. Not only did our Father inspire His prophet Isaiah to speak thus assuredly, but, twice repeated, He gave the same sweet message to the apostle John at Patmos: “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” As a fond mother hushes her child, as a tender husband solaces his spouse, so, weeping one, shall thy God comfort thee when He brings thee home, and thy consolation shall be so complete that thou shalt “no more remember thy sorrow.”

Blessed be Thy dear Name, Lord, for this “strong consolation”—this “good hope through grace.” Tears may, and must come; but if they gather in eyes that are constantly looking up to Thee and Heaven, they will glisten with the brightness of the coming glory.

-Susannah Spurgeon

Soli Deo Gloria!