The latter part of Psalm 30:5 reads:  “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”

I’m sure you can recall a time in your life when you endured intense grief, when the tears fell like rain and you didn’t think you would ever feel whole again.  We love so deeply, and when we face a devastating loss, it feels like it will cripple us completely.  For a time, it does.  Then we decide we cannot live in that depressed state, and we try to force ourselves to get out of bed.  At times this is easier said than done.  When a person hurts to the very core of their being, they have no idea how they will take their next breath or how to put one foot in front of the other.  All they know is that they hurt tremendously.

What can you do for others during a period in which you know they are hurting deeply?  When you really want to take their hurt and pain away, but feel so helpless because you can’t, all you can do, it seems, is pray.  Prayer is a wonderful thing that connects you directly to God above.  He is the only one that can help mend your broken heart.

Why does it hurt so much?  Because we love so deeply with our whole hearts.  Because the thing or person we wanted most is taken from us suddenly and tragically.  Our hopes, dreams, and futures are bound so tightly to the one thing we wanted most that was stripped away.

When it is so easy to lose hope … cling to the promises of His word.

Rejoicing comes in the morning … 

We struggle to see what good could possibly come from … THIS!   We have a million questions but no answers.  Anger wells up inside of us, and we just want to scream!

Just recently I felt like this, and my well-meaning coworker and friend asked me to listen to a praise and worship song when that was the very last thing I wanted to do!  Yet, I know this person cares for me and only wanted to help.  So, I gave in, pulled it up on the computer, and sat there listening to the words as the video played.

Praise?

and

Worship?

At a time like this?

I just did not have it in me at that moment in time.  So, I sat there quietly listening to the words I didn’t want to hear.  As the song finished, he slowly walked back into his office.  I remained staring at my screen trying to feel because at that point, I was just numb.

Music usually helps me.  We connect with the lyrics and the music as it flows.  This time I sat still, then I managed to pull myself forward in my seat to select songs by Casting Crowns.  I have always loved their music, and I wanted to turn up the volume and get lost in their songs.  One of the very first songs to play was, “Scars In Heaven.”  I have never heard that song before, and as I paste the words below, I’m sure you will understand the tears that streamed down my face, and I rested the back of my head on my chair, almost lifeless at this point.  The one I wanted to scream at and demand answers to my question of WHY … was the very One I needed comfort from.