"Mourning to Morning”

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.  (NKJ)

     People who believe in and follow Jesus Christ (especially those of us who have been so graciously rescued from the deep darkness of unending pain and shame) will never be able to thank God enough for His incredible mercy and amazing grace.  He has shown us who He is through the wonders of creation, through the shedding of His blood, and through the transforming power that gives us new life.  It is because of God’s great love and compassion for people that everyone should live in thanksgiving, because without God’s provision, protection, and His Glorious Plan of Redemption, His wrath would have completely destroyed every man, woman, and child in this evil world a long time ago.  Instead, God chose to give this world another chance by saving Noah and his family from the flood that destroyed the rest of mankind. The Lord gave mankind a new start on an earth that was reshaped for our good pleasure.  Now we have the blood of Jesus covering our sins so we can live this life-journey in the Presence of the Living God, because when we accept the undeserved gift of salvation we become God's very own children.  We are blood bought, personally called, and divinely set apart for God and His eternal purpose.  

     But because we are not yet made perfect, we still fall short of God's glorious standard and suffer the consequences of our sins.  There will be times when we are personally disciplined by God because He wants us to learn from our weaknesses to grow strong in His righteousness.  But even though the Lord’s discipline is justly deserved and can seem rather harsh at times, we soon discover the peace in knowing that His anger lasts but a moment.  When the Lord’s frown is upon us, we are like a flower in darkness, but when the darkness is lifted and His favor shines again and our lives once again reflect the glory of who God is and all that He has done.  When you belong to the Son of Righteousness, He will rise up and shine His Face upon your life and you can be sure that your mourning will fade in the morning because the Son’s Light can never be snuffed out!

                                                A Whisper of Hope

In this fallen world…dear child, there will always be sorrow, pain, disappointment, failure, shame, and guilt.  And when your night is dark and your grief is great, know that the Light of the Son is greater.  For the darkness cannot exist in God’s glorious Light.

Jeremiah 31:13

I will turn their mourning into joy. 

I will comfort them and exchange

their sorrow for rejoicing.  (NLT)

                   “I am the Light of the world; 

    he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, 

                but will have the Light of life.”

                                  (John 8:12)