...tears shall be wiped away!

"(1) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. (2) And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (3) And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.  He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. (4) He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.'" Revelation 21:1-4

"Yes, we shall come to this if we are believers.  Sorrow shall cease, and tears shall be wiped away.  This is the world of weeping, but it passes away.  There shall be a new heaven, and a new earth, so says the first verse of this chapter; and therefore there will be nothing to weep over concerning the Fall and its consequent miseries.  Read the second verse and note how it speaks of the bride and her marriage.  The Lamb's wedding is a time for boundless pleasure, and tears would be out of place.  The third verse says that God himself will dwell among men; and surely at his right hand there are pleasures for evermore, and tears can no longer flow.

What will our state be when there will be no more sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain?  This will be more glorious than we can as yet imagine.  O eyes that are red with weeping, cease your scalding flow, for in a little while ye shall know no more tears!  None can wipe tears away like the God of love, but he is coming to do it.  'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.'  Come, Lord, and tarry not; for now both men and women must weep!"

From the Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith: Daily Readings by C.H. Spurgeon