THE LONG NIGHT

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

Psalms 30:5

King James Version

Have you ever had a night when you couldn’t sleep because you had so many problems, burdens and heartaches and it seemed like the morning would never come?  It was a long, long night filled with sadness and despair.  I had many of those nights before I gave my heart and life to Jesus.  There is good news because when we can’t sleep Jesus sits bedside our bed, He holds our hand, and whispers “I love you” and joy comes in the morning.

Gloria and Bill Gaither wrote one of my favorite hymns “Joy Comes In the Morning”.  I love these words in this beautiful hymn.  “If you've knelt beside the rubble of an aching broken heart When the things you gave your life to fell apart You're not the first to be acquainted with sorrow, grief or pain But the master promised sunshine after rain. Hold on my child joy comes in the morning Weeping only last for the night Hold on my child Joy comes in the morning The darkest hour means dawn is just in sight.”

Jesus knows how it feels to have sorrow, grief and pain so He understands how we feel when we are going through a dark valley.  Not only does He understand how we feel, He cares when we are hurting and He will pick us up in His loving arms and carry us through all the dark valleys in our life and will be faithful to set us once again on the mountain top of happiness.

Charles Weigle wrote one of my very favorite hymns “No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus”.  The words in this beautiful heart touching hymn describe the unconditional compassionate love our Saviour has for us.  “No one ever cared for me like Jesus; There's no other friend so kind as He. No one else could take the sin and darkness from me; O how much He cared for me.”

Jesus loved you yesterday.  He loves you today and He will love you forever.  There is nothing you could do that would make Him stop loving you.  Jesus proved how much He loves us when He allowed them to crucify Him on the cross for our sins.  What are you doing to prove to Jesus how much you love Him?

Joanne Lowe

August 20, 2019