Joy in ChaosSample

When my dad died years ago, I felt like grief had become my companion. The unwelcome guest who wouldn’t leave. Painful times can feel like that.

But anytime we’re in a stage of sorrow, we can know that in time it will pass. We may mourn for weeks, months, or even years but rejoicing will return, and the believer always retains joy when we think of our Lord and all He’s done and promises to do.

On a deeper level, we’re all in a night of weeping. Our world is filled with heartache, pain, death, and tragedy. We feel like it shouldn’t be this way, and we’re right for God didn’t intend for sin and defeat to corrupt our lives. From the beginning of time, He knew He would send Jesus to take away our sin and give us the hope of a new day.

One day Jesus will return and make all things new. The eternal morning will come! What rejoicing there will be!

“See,” God said in Isaiah 65:17, “I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.”

~ Susan Aken