“Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Ps30.5 ESV
There is an old story with dubious origin but told around the world. There are a number of variations but the gist involves a king who was searching for an answer to times of sorrow and despair, one truth that would ease all suffering." The Hebrew version mentions that a ring was given to King Solomon with the inscription "gam zeh ya’avor,” and that when the king found himself restless or depressed or sorrowful he was to look at the ring and remind himself of its truth– "this too shall pass." Buddhist even have a mantra built around this idea and seek to find inner peace by acknowledging the impermanence of life.
There are many seasons in life. Life itself is a season. The present state of affairs is temporal and no doubt “this too will pass.”
But pass into what, we may ask? There is little comfort if my bad season passes from bad into one that is worse. Our hope in Christ is that our present sufferings are not to be compared to the glory that is to be revealed to us--that life indeed is temporal but because of Christ our present sufferings will pass into unchangeable goodness. It is true that in this life, all shall pass, and as one season passes into another, we may find real comfort in the knowledge that at the day of Christ, we will enter into the joy of the Lord that shall never pass. 2/18/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
