The Joy Of Morning!
"Weeping may endure for a night,
but joy comes in the morning."
Psalm 30: 5
Everyone goes through occasional
“dark nights” in their journey of faith.
The sixteenth-century poet, St. John of the Cross, wrote a poem
titled Dark Night of the Soul. While his poem was about
searching
for ultimate union with God, the title has come to be illustrative of
the periods in which the joy and light of God is dim, if not hidden.
Scripture does not hide the reality of dark periods in the faith life.
Almost all major biblical characters went through periods of doubt
or suffering, but always to emerge into the light of God’s presence
and joy (for example, Psalm 32).
David seems to have this theme in mind in Psalm 30 when he
says: “Weeping may endure for a night.” But he also knew that,
as morning follows night, “joy comes in the morning” (verse 5).
David wrote, “You put off my sackcloth and clothed me with
gladness” (verse 11).
Are you currently in a dark night of the soul, or do you
know someone who is? Keep walking by faith, not by
sight (2 Corinthians 5:7), and look for the morning of
joy to come.
"Only to sit and think of
God, oh what a joy it is!"
Frederick W. Faber
