This episode offers encouragement for the weary Christian: always remember the beautiful, magnificent and eternal love of God. Allow your mind to be saturated with the memories of the kind, good works that God has continually wrought for His people. Allow your heart to be warmed by the hopeful truth that all human history will culminate in the triumph of the Lamb and that all those for whom He died will reign with Him in an unshakeable, eternal kingdom. In that kingdom, we won’t forget the tears we shed in the past. Instead, the elect will experience such a weight of glory that all our former troubles will feel like a feather in comparison (II Corinthians 4:17). Those who mourn will be comforted, because it is God Himself who will wipe away all the tears from our eyes (Revelation 21:4). Never forget the beautiful love of God, because all those whom loves, He will love forever and His love is unchanging forever.

This heart-warming realization has three practical applications for our everyday lives.