Wipe Away the Tears

There is no one who doesn't need chizuk in emunah, from the greatest rabbis to the common layman, no exceptions. Gedolei HaDor of yesteryear have testified themselves that on days they did not work on their emunah, it was automatically weaker. We see things take place in this world which threaten to damage our emunah. Tzaddikim experiencing hardships and tragedies, the best girls having so many struggles in shidduchim, and the list goes on. There are so many things we don't understand and it leads people to doubt their emunah. We must constantly strengthen ourselves by filling our minds with what Chazal teach us and with what the Torah says about Hashem. The pasuk says,ומחה ה' אלוקים דמעה מעל כל פנים – in the future, Hashem is going to come and personally wipe away the tears of all those people who had sorrow in their lives. At that time, Hashem is going to give a class and explain to everyone how everything they ever experienced was only resulting from Hashem's complete love and mercy upon them. Things that made no sense will suddenly make perfect sense. Questions which people carried around for years will no longer be questions. Everything will be so clear and then, we'll be able to live in complete bliss. But until then, we have a great opportunity to believe in Hashem's goodness, although it is not always clear. The pasuk says about Hashem, He is ריעך וריע אביך – He is your friend and the friend of your father's. Hashem is our greatest friend in the world. There is no one who loves us more than Him. There is no one who cares about us as much as Him. There is no one who takes care of us as much as Him.בנים אתם לה' אלוקיך – Hashem calls us his children. Just like when a parent buys a present for his child he is so excited to give it to him and see the big smile on his face, every time Hashem gives us a blessing, it says באור פניך נתת לנו – He gives it to us with a shining countenance, kavayachol , so excited for us to be happy. And just like when a child is in pain, the parent feels that pain, so too whenever a Jew is in pain, Hashem feels the same pain like it says בכל צאתך לו צער . If a person had even one child who was suffering, lo alenu , it would consume the parents' minds at all times of the day. They would not be able to enjoy anything while their child is suffering. Hashem has millions of children and, lo alenu , many of them are suffering tremendously. Hashem doesn't just feel the pain of one child, He feels the suffering of every single child, every ache and pain of a Jew who is sick, every bit of shame of someone who got embarrassed, every rejection, every loss of money, every longing for a child, every longing for a shidduch , every mourner's pain, etc. So why doesn't Hashem just take everyone out of their pain if He has to bear it all? The answer is because He loves us so much and knows what we need to fulfill our purpose here, He's willing to take all that pain just so that we'll be happy for all eternity. We will never fathom the love that Hashem has for us, but the more we contemplate it, the easier it will be for us to go through life.