St. Paul Lutheran Church

Tears. We hide them. We avoid things and people that cause them. And in general we just wish they would be gone. When John is given a vision of the return of Jesus one of the most beautiful scenes that unfolds is that of God himself wiping every tear from the eyes of those who have been welcomed into his presence through the work of Jesus Christ. The same Jesus who unites himself to us through baptism and making us his beautiful bride. When we cry tears in this world may those tears remind us of the promises that God has made to us in our baptism and the promise that a day is coming when those tears will be no more.