Joy comes in the morning

Scripture says.....

"Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning." Psalm 30:5

Yesterday was one of those hard days you hear are coming.  Where grief and sadness seem to overwhelm every part of my being.  It took every strength I had......well.....not true...........it took every strength I had from the Lord to survive through the night.  My bible in hand, reading scripture, many times just resting my head on my bible as that is all the strength I could muster, seeking out wise council and prayer from trusted believers, and my husband by my side praying over me when I could no longer pray for myself.

My devotion this morning fed my soul....

"As you listen to the birds calling to one another, hear also MY LOVE - call to you.  I speak to you continually: through sights, sounds, thoughts, impressions, Scripture.  There is no limit to the variety of ways I can communicate with you.  Your part is to be attentive to MY messages, in whatever form they come.  When you set out to find ME in a day, you discover that the world is vibrantly alive with MY PRESENCE.  You can find ME not only in beauty and birdcalls, but also in tragedy and faces filled with grief.  I can take the deepest sorrow and weave it into a pattern for good".

Search for ME and MY messages, as you go through this day. You will seek ME and find ME when you seek ME with your whole being."   Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

Yesterday and throughout the night I felt desperate and alone.  Finally I dug down deep, I found the strength to reach out...to SEEK Him, My EL SHADDAI,......to SEEK out comfort, help and strength. I lived these next verses.

     Jeremiah 29:12-14  "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord"

     Isaiah 41:10 "Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."

     John 10:27-30  "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”  

Surely as I made it through the night it was because I was held in his righteous right hand. Satan did not win.  Another day has come....JOY, JOY, JOY.....praise the Lord.  Today is here.  Another day I rise to love and care for my children, to love and submit to my husband and to praise His HOLY name.