Friday, November 17, 2017

DAILY READINGS: 2 Chronicles 8:1-9:31; Ezekiel 33:1-33; John 12:20-50

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Psalm 30:5

Psalm 30 is a penitential psalm of David. This verse speaks of the dawn of a new day after seemingly endless nights of weeping. Often we have our “nights” over past sin or because of trials we may be passing through. Paul calls it, “our light affliction” and then reminds us that this “light” trial is “[working] for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Cor. 4:17). The night is a brief, passing time, but when the dawn comes, all our tears will have dried up; all our sorrows will be replaced for there will be “no night there” (Rev. 22:5). Weeping today; the shout of joy tomorrow! —Jim Comte

But Christ will soon appear, to catch His bride away;
All tears forever over, in God’s eternal day. —Esther K. Rusthoi

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