Tears & The Kingdom of God

 Traditional Eastern Orthodox theology asserts that tears cleanse, renew and make way for the kingdom. When sin and the brokenness of the world give rise to godly sorrow, our hearts soften toward God and birth compassion for others. Kimberley Christine Patton writes that, in Eastern Orthodox thought, "Rather than depleting the weeper and the well of human experience, tears generate the kingdom of God." The desert…