Morning Joy

Weeping may remain for a night,

but joy comes in the morning

Psalm 30:5

I used to have a clock beside my bed so that when I woke in the night I knew what time it was. The clock now sits on the other side of the room and now without wearing my glasses when I sleep, I cannot tell what time it is. My problem is that I don't know what time of night it is. I know what will come in the morning, but I struggle to understand what time it is during the night. Weeping may remain for a period but how long before joy?

I know that this time of weeping will not continue. I know that it is temporary and there is something of greater joy and significance to come. But I don't know how long I will have to go through this or how long I will have to endure these tears. I know that this weeping will only remain for a short time but I don't know when the joy is going to show up. I don't know whether I am toward the end of my tears or really whether they've only just begun. Has the night only just started or is morning about to dawn?

However I have just seen a tiny glimps of light, as if an area of darkness had slowly given up the effort and allowed light in at last. And because I have seen the light I now know that morning will not be far behind. The light is a guarantee of what is to come. There may still be dark and night and blackness but it cannot be as dark as it was before because I have seen that morning is on the way. This tiny light is an indicator that joy is possible, that things will not be dark for ever, that God is my hope and my salvation