God Counts His Sons’ Tears

The esteemed and late religious leader Thomas S. Monson once said: “Men, take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.” 

He’s right. God loves His daughters and counts their tears. Men should be more careful of how they treat the women in their lives. I love President Monson for his goodness and concern for people. However, is it not equally true that God loves His sons? Does He not also count our tears?

Our Eternal Father does count His sons’ tears. In no age have men had more reason to mourn and cry because of the actions and attitudes of women than in this present epoch. Yet, no one wants to talk about men in a sympathetic or positive light.

Officialdom only condemns men, treats masculinity like a contagion, portrays fathers as oppressors and husbands as buffoons, and smears patriarchal societies as the root of…