In this moment
Sad
When the heaviness lingers — weeping may stay the night, but morning is coming.
Verses to hold onto
Psalms 34:17Read in context →
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 30:5Read in context →
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. his anger...: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger for a night: Heb. in the evening joy: Heb. singing
John 16:22Read in context →
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
Psalms 42:11Read in context →
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Isaiah 61:3Read in context →
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
A thought
Sadness is not a lack of faith; even the Psalmists sang from the low places. God hears the cry, turns mourning into gladness, and gives beauty for ashes in His time.
A prayer
Father, You see the weight I carry today. Lift my head, remind me that morning follows the night, and let a little light back in.