Morning

"Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning," Psalm 30:5.

That's because God's grace is greater than his judgment. Nowhere does the Good Book say God will fail to discipline his children. To the contrary, he loves them. So, he brings real judgment to bear. So, his discipline shapes his children away from their arrogance toward mercy. So, when his children find their security in their own prosperity, he hides his face from us. So, this discipline draws us to recognize strength rests in his heights and not in our stuff. But his discipline lasts only through the night. No, he does not delight in dusty, grave-dry bones. Death cannot praise God. It cannot speak God's reality. So God empties our graves into his healing clinic. Turns sad hearts into happiness. So he turns our mourning into dancing. So that joy turns into glory singing praises to our God. Who loves us forever.

With a brother or sister today, we speak of eternal hope coming early tomorrow morning after tonight's mourning. And, together, we praise our God through tomorrow's infinity.