December 16, 2025
No More Tears
for Christmas
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new
earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. But be glad
and rejoice forever in that which I create; for
behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and
her people to be a gladness. I will rejoice in
Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more
shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and
the cry of distress…says the Lord.”
I S A I A H 6 5 : 1 7 - 1 9
What’s wrong with tears? Tears induced by love don’t seem
all that bad. But, we know all too well, not all tears come from
a place of love. Many tears come from the worst this world has
to give: we weep over our sins, we are distressed over futures
that seem hopeless. We’ve experienced the painful feeling that
comes when separated from a loved one through death. What
is more, many of us know what it means to live in a home filled
with tears and pain. Guilt. Shame. Fear. Death. Weeping tarries
while such enemies loom over our lives.
So, what if I told you that for Christmas, God has decided
to give you the gift of removing your tears? This is why Jesus
has come; this is the promise from Isaiah today. Jesus comes to
take away the former things: your sinful past, the horrible reign
of death, the tyranny of fear. All removed and replaced with the
“new creation” presents of eternal gladness and rejoicing! All
of these punishments from God that result from sin will turn to
his joy and gladness in his people! With him present among us
“no more shall be heard…the sound of weeping and the cry of
distress!” (v. 19)
Jesus has come to remove all tears. As the Psalmist says,
“Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning” (Ps. 30:5). At the birth of Jesus, the morning is beginning to dawn. At his resurrection, our tears are beginning to dry.
At that time, we will be welcomed into a home that is free from
the tears of death, sorrow, fighting, and pain. A new heavens and
a new earth, free from sin-induced tears. When he comes again,
our sorrow will retreat, and we will rest easy: forever and eternally
at home. Now, I bet many of us will weep for joy, and even then,
with delight in his eyes, he will wipe away our tears and welcome
us into his warm embrace.
COME LORD JESUS, AND REMOVE THESE TEARS FROM MY EYES,
AND REMIND ME OF YOUR PROMISE OF THE
NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH WHERE THE
OLD THINGS SHALL PASS AWAY. AMEN.
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