I believe it is true: A joy shared is doubled, and a grief shared is halved (cut in half). Is this a metaphor or for real? I don’t know, but either way, it shows the tenderness of God’s heart for us. Imagine God keeping every one of your tears and storing them in a bottle.
I collect some things, and those things that are valuable I keep in a glass bottle so that they can be kept safe and I can still see them. God values the tears we shed, and even the psalmist declares, “ You have kept count of my tossings put my tears in your bottle. Each and every tear has a tale behind it.
“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”
