A Daily Devotion for Friday, April 2
- ontrakk
- May 2, 2025
- 1 min read
Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
Joy follows all sorrow- it is true. There will always be joy and laughter if we allow ourselves to find it and experience it. I fully believe this is one of God’s greatest gifts to his beloved creation. Sorrow can feel almost unbearable. But somehow we need to remember that we have our God, our Holy Spirit living within us to bring us joy and laughter. It has helped me in the past to ask for joy- in the midst of something painful. God has answered this prayer for me.
Holy Lord, I am so thankful for your gift of joy and laughter. May I never forget to ask again. Amen
Becky, transforming
Luke 6:21
We will no doubt experience sorrow, we will also experience joy. Joy is powerful and overcomes sorrow. We hunger for God to fill us, God sustains us. We may weep but God will comfort us, He will restore our joy.
Heavenly Father, thank you for relieving my spiritual hunger. Thank you for the gift of joy now and the gift of joy that awaits. Amen.
Luke 6:21
Implicit in this verse are faith, hope and trust. God does not shield us from trials, but faith tells us God is walking with us through them. Hope tells us there is a light on the other side of those trials that will restore joy. And trust tells us God is faithful to bring us into that light of joy from the darkness of the trial.
Prayer - Thank you, Lord, for walking with me through the good as well as the bad - especially the bad. Without your grace, in the form the precious gift of my wife, children, family and friends there would be no strength for me to counter the attacks of the evil one.…