God occassionally brings sorrow in our lives as chastisement, but not always. Sometimes, it is merely for purifying.
I love this song as a reminder when the tears must fall in my own life. I have a recording of Dr. Ron Comfort and his family singing it when the girls were young.
http://www.gospelmusic.org.uk/lyrics/he_washed_my_eyes_with_tears.lyr
