SANCTUARY by David Jeremiah
February 5
FROM WEEPING TO JOY
Jeremiah 31:13
I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Sadness is an everyday truth in this life, and one we have to reckon with. But just as a day can bring sadness with it, it is also true that the day of sadness passes. We can be accused of being triet or trivial when we say it, but it is true that "things are going to get better; just hang on; you'll get through this." That's the truth. Sadness does turn to joy.
I don't know how many times I have faced a group of family and friends who have lost a loved one unexpectedly - a funeral can be the saddest day of our lives. Looking at people's faces, we wonder if they will ever smile again. And yet, I will see those same people in a matter of weeks or months and the joy has returned. It's just the process of life. We weep and then we rejoice. God gives us the grace to move from one phase to the next, from one day to the next.
February 5
FROM WEEPING TO JOY
Jeremiah 31:13
I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Sadness is an everyday truth in this life, and one we have to reckon with. But just as a day can bring sadness with it, it is also true that the day of sadness passes. We can be accused of being triet or trivial when we say it, but it is true that "things are going to get better; just hang on; you'll get through this." That's the truth. Sadness does turn to joy.
I don't know how many times I have faced a group of family and friends who have lost a loved one unexpectedly - a funeral can be the saddest day of our lives. Looking at people's faces, we wonder if they will ever smile again. And yet, I will see those same people in a matter of weeks or months and the joy has returned. It's just the process of life. We weep and then we rejoice. God gives us the grace to move from one phase to the next, from one day to the next.
SANCTUARY by David Jeremiah
February 5
FROM WEEPING TO JOY
Jeremiah 31:13
I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Sadness is an everyday truth in this life, and one we have to reckon with. But just as a day can bring sadness with it, it is also true that the day of sadness passes. We can be accused of being triet or trivial when we say it, but it is true that "things are going to get better; just hang on; you'll get through this." That's the truth. Sadness does turn to joy.
I don't know how many times I have faced a group of family and friends who have lost a loved one unexpectedly - a funeral can be the saddest day of our lives. Looking at people's faces, we wonder if they will ever smile again. And yet, I will see those same people in a matter of weeks or months and the joy has returned. It's just the process of life. We weep and then we rejoice. God gives us the grace to move from one phase to the next, from one day to the next.
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