joy cometh in the morning

Hello there!

If your eyes are gracing the words upon this post, know that you are loved deeply. Deeply by a Father who knows just what you need at this very moment; the One who holds your future and is holding mine. He is sovereign. Goodness! I say that like I really understand it even when things don't look so well on the outside. But just to make you feel a little better if you feel like you are so imperfect--I am too. It's wonderful to know that we can just look up to Heaven and know that God adores us even when we mess up so much; even when we run and run and run from Him.

I wasn't planning on going into all that, but maybe that is good. So, hopefully I shall sometime organize this 'ol blog 'o mine and make it somewhat pleasant to look at. I should do that this summer since I have so much free time..

And if you are at all interested: a closing thought...

 

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. —Psalm 30:5

Christian! If thou art in a night of trial, think of the morrow; cheer up thy heart with the thought of the coming of thy Lord. Be patient, for

“Lo! He comes with clouds descending.”

Be patient! The Husbandman waits until He reaps His harvest. Be patient; for you know who has said, “Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.” If you are never so wretched now, remember

 “A few more rolling suns, at most,
Will land thee on fair Canaan's coast.”

Thy head may be crowned with thorny troubles now, but it shall wear a starry crown ere long; thy hand may be filled with cares—it shall sweep the strings of the harp of heaven soon. Thy garments may be soiled with dust now; they shall be white by‐and‐by. Wait a little longer. Ah! how despicable our troubles and trials will seem when we look back upon them! Looking at them here in the prospect, they seem immense; but when we get to heaven we shall then

 “With transporting joys recount,
The labours of our feet.”

Our trials will then seem light and momentary afflictions. Let us go on boldly; if the night be never so dark, the morning cometh, which is more than they can say who are shut up in the darkness of hell. Do you know what it is thus to live on the future—to live on expectation—to antedate heaven? Happy believer, to have so sure, so comforting a hope. It may be all dark now, but it will soon be light; it may be all trial now, but it will soon be all happiness. What matters it though “weeping may endure for a night,” when “joy cometh in the morning?” 

~Charles Spurgeon

*~~Rebekah~~*