I am in Park City, Utah right now and I will be traveling to Asheville, NC to celebrate a special event with my daughter. By the way, it's about 2,000 miles as the crow flies, but I will be traveling a longer route!
Anyway, as this week has really been mixed up, I thought I would share Monday's Moments today...
JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING
This comes from a verse in Psalms. (And no, I'm not going to do any preaching.) It
is actually the last half of the second part of this verse. The
rest of that part is '...weeping may endure for a night, but joy
cometh in the morning.' Psalm 30:5b.
I think of this verse as a statement of
hope. A statement that in the end, all will be alright. Maybe not
perfect. Maybe not the same. In all probability, things will
really be changed. But all will be alright.
I think of the loss of my husband of 43
years. NO, I did not want things to change. I did not want him to
die. I wanted him to get better and we enjoy our retirement
together. But that was not to be. And, yes, there was
weeping...lots of it...and a lot of adaptation to change. But,
also, in the end, there is joy.
Joy that I had 43 years together. Joy
that he was no longer in pain. Joy that we had four beautiful
children. Joy that we had friends who were closer than our
relatives. Quite frankly, the list of joys goes on and on.
So, if you find yourself experiencing
the first part...'weeping may endure for a night...', there is hope
and joy will come. Slowly, even creeping at times, but, in the end,
joy will cometh in the morning.
So how is your Joy Tally going? Today was great, I counted 7 beautiful times of joy.
Thanks for dropping by...
See you tomorrow...