Psalm 30:5
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Even though I usually prefer the NIV translation, this verse is even more beautiful to me when it is translated as “joy comes with (or in) the morning”. How many times have we felt alone and afraid during the night, when worries and fears are magnified with the darkness into all kinds of impossible shapes and sizes? When it begins to get light we feel that joy of a new day, and know that God is with us. God does not want us to suffer alone. God is light and love, and is new each day. This is the joy of knowing God.
Holy Lord, I thank you for your gift of joy. It is only through knowing you that I know true joy. Amen
Becky, transforming