“What causes us to cry our eyes out?” The causes may differ. For someone, sobbing is the result of personal failure; for others, it’s the result of conditions we can’t control. But regardless of the cause, we should remember that God knows all about it. Thus, the best thing that we can do amid our sobbing is to turn it over to the Lord. When we let God have control of our crying nights, then He will enable us to clearly see the approaching day of laughter.
The King James Version of this passage quotes David this way: “Weeping may endure for a night.” In Hebrew, “endure” literally means, “to lodge or stop over.” When we travel and get a hotel room, we lodge there. It’s not our permanent home; we just stay there temporarily. So it is with our crying—it lodges or stops over for a night. And the night can seem to be very long.
The only thing that can give us hope in our darkest hours and transform us so that we’re ready for the Light when it comes is to cling to God’s promise that our crying won’t last forever. Personal failure may have us sobbing right now, but if we hold out, in the morning a change will come. Uncontrollable circumstances may cause us to sob, but if we hold on through the night, in the morning a change will come.
Finally, “What determines our approaching day?” When we’re going through sobbing nights, we’re always looking for the joy in the morning to arrive. We want to know when the trials will be over and when the Sun is going to shine. But an interesting lesson from life is that the morning starts while it’s still dark.
Jewish days began at sundown. As it was getting dark, their new day was beginning. This teaches us a valuable lesson. We can’t always look for the Sunshine as being the arrival of a new day that brings joy. Joy in the morning isn’t always when things seem bright, but joy in morning can come in the darkest hours of the night. It may still be dark in your life, bad circumstances may still be hanging around your neck like a millstone, but you can still have joy, because it’s morning time!
If you’re in a crying night, hold on. The day of laughter is approaching!
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