“Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.
For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:4-5 NKJV)
Jesus came as the Joy-bringer. The joy we see in the happiest
child is but a fraction of the joy that resides in the heart of God. [G. K.
Chesterton, in his book "Orthodoxy",] speaks of this in a memorable
passage:
Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in
spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They
always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again
until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in
monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible
that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every
morning, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity
that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately,
but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal
appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is
younger than we.
-- John
Ortberg in “The Life You've Always Wanted”
And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.
For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:4-5 NKJV)
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