Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. ~Psalms 30:5

 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

Many of us have faced difficult times in our lives; times when we truly thought we could not get through one more day. It is in those times that who we are is defined, we either become more and better as God intended, or we don’t.

I can remember a time when it seemed everything in our life was dark; as if a huge cloud of doubt, despair, bitterness, and misery had floated over our home and just hung there. No matter how hard I tried, no matter how hard I prayed, and no matter how long I waited, it just seemed to go on and on.

One day in particular, I remember walking up and down our long driveway, crying out and questioning God; asking Him why He had allowed this sorrow to come upon us.

As I cried out to Him, a peace swept over my heart, even in the very midst of the pain and sorrow. Oh, there was nothing tangible, no clap of thunder that I could tell about later, no burning bush to turn my camera onto and take a picture.

There was simply a calm assurance that God was still in control, and even though I could not yet see the end of the darkness, He was there, and I knew that I knew that He would not fail me.

If you are going through a dark time, a hard time in your life right now, hold tight to the hope that is in Christ Jesus. Keep your thoughts, your attitude and your actions on the things of God. The more you give yourself to Him, giving Him your pain and heartache, your sorrow, the more you will find Him.

You, my friend, will surely rejoice, when the darkness lifts and the glory of the Lord shines round about you.