God Counts Your Tears

I should have blogged about the war chapters this afternoon, but I lost track of time, and now I'm tired, so I'll share a blog post I wrote previously, and I'll write you a proper, war-related blog post tomorrow.

At least once, President Monson has quoted the old adage, "Men should take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears." But there's something missing here that I feel is worth pointing out. I don't mean to discredit women or anything, but they're not the only people God cares about. God cares about everyone, so while this is a nice quote with good advice for men and comforting words for women, I feel that it's important to remember that God counts everyone's tears, not just women's.

It doesn't matter what gender you are or how old you are; God loves you more than you can imagine, and He rejoices when you rejoice, and He weeps when you weep. Your emotional well-being is of great importance to Him, whether you're a woman or not. No matter who you are, God loves you. He wants you to be happy, and when you're not happy, He counts your tears.

Again, I don't mean to discount women at all. God cares about women just as compassionately as He cares about everybody else. And having, as a general rule, stronger emotions than men tend to have, women probably have a higher count of tears than men, and a greater need for the comfort that God's compassion can provide. I just think that we guys shouldn't feel left out. God still cares about us just as compassionately as He cares about everyone else. We are all equally loved by God.

So, regardless of gender, we should all try to be careful about other people's feelings, and we can all take comfort from knowing that God's compassion is ever-present when we're upset. No matter what gender we are, we are all God's children, and He counts all our tears.